Illustration: At a neighborhood laundromat folding counter, a parent holds up a child's shirt covered in broad, evenly spaced horizontal stripes. The child stands beside it wearing an adult-sized striped shirt that reaches almost to the knees, proudly stretching both arms to display the matching bands.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縞しま

shima

stripe

Example sentences

  1. シマウマは縞しま模様もようをしてます。

    Zebras have stripes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あのグリーンの縞しまのシャツ、今洗濯いませんたくしてるん？

    Is that green striped shirt in the wash?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「お前まえ、どこの子こだ？」足あしに纏まとわりついてきたのは、小ちいさな子猫こねこだった。灰色はいいろの縞しま模様もようのふわふわした猫ねこだ。

    "Who do you belong to?" Wrapped around his feet was a small cat. It was a fluffy grey striped cat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 縞

  • 縞stripeOnコウKunしま・しろぎぬ

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