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紗: gauze

gauze; thin silk
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Readings

On
サ・シャ
Kun
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Read さ in 袱紗, 更紗 and many given names (紗織 さおり); read シャ for the cloth itself.

Key words

袱紗ふくさsmall wrapping cloth
更紗さらさcalico; printed cotton
紗しゃgauze; silk gauze

Example sentences

You take the wedding gift money wrapped in a fukusa cloth.

My mother had a scarf with a printed-cotton pattern around her neck.

A thin gauze curtain hung in the window.

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