袴

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pleated skirt

On-Yomi: コ

Koohii stories:

1) [mcfate] 15-2-2008(35): You can 誇 boast (#1244 誇) with words, or you can instead show off your expensive cloak and hakama.

2) [kapalama] 3-12-2010(4): 袴 , 紋付羽織袴 , ( 人名 : 袴田 ) pleated skirt (#2626 袴) はかま … Parts:衤, 夸 (cf: 跨ぐ straddle (#2744 跨), 誇る boast (#1244 誇) … Note: The RHS 夸 (not a Kanji itself), actually appears in other Kanji ( 袴 (桍)pleated skirt (#2626 袴), 跨 straddle (#2744 跨), 誇 boast (#1244 誇), 胯). So a primitive of Dog Catcher (Dog on the floor caught in a snare)? … Story: Dog Catcher wears a Cloak and a Hakama (Pleated Skirt), both imprinted with picture of fire hydrants, to catch his dogs.

3) [gavmck] 13-3-2010(1): Many present wished they were wearing the hakama (pleated skirt) and cloak. Fortunately, we were spared any boastful words ( 誇 - 言 = 夸) from the lucky groom. Note: 夸 actually means "extravagant/handsome". So words + extravagant = boast (#1244 誇).

4) [mantixen] 29-7-2009(1): I wear a cloak with a pleated skirt so that my girlfriend can easily put her jaws around my big one.

5) [peacemik] 28-6-2011(): (+mcfate): You can 誇 boast (#1244 誇) with words, or you can instead show off your expensive cloak and pleated skirt (hakama) and boast without words. 袴 (はかま): man's formal divided skirt 羽織袴 (はおりはかま): Japanese male formal attire (haori (formal coat) + hakama) 御袴料 (おんはかまりょう): betrothal money from woman to man 紺屋の白袴 (こうやのしろばかま): specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves (lit: the dyer wears white).

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