Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a child wears a cardigan with both arms fully inside the sleeves and the front resting over their shirt. They look down with delighted surprise as a kitten pokes its head out between the still-unfastened lower buttons.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

着きる

kiru

to wear (upper-body clothing)

Example sentences

ケンは服ふくを着きた。
Ken put on his clothes.
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着物きものは着きますか。
Do you wear a kimono?
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着きてみない？
Why not try it on?
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Kanji in 着

着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく

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