Illustration: At a small textile workshop, an instructor untwists the end of a thick cotton yarn above a dark work mat. One hand holds the intact yarn while the other gently teases its end into many much finer, wispy strands. A magnifying glass on a stand reveals the individual filaments spreading apart.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

繊せん維い

sen'i

fiber

Example sentences

  1. マイクロファイバークロスは、髪かみの毛けの１００分ぶんの１という細ほそさの繊維せんいで編あみあげられたクロスです。

    Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 繊維せんい産業さんぎょうをとりまく状況じょうきょうは変化へんかした。

    Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 柔やわらかいウールの方ほうが粗あらいウールより高価こうかで、そのどちらともナイロン製せいの人工じんこう繊維せんいより上等じょうとうである。

    Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 繊維

  • 繊slender; fineOnセン
  • 維fiber; tieOnイ

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