シワ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of シワ – see the following entry.

【皺しわ】H [noun] wrinkles in skin, paper, cloth, or some other surface [noun] ripples on the surface of water [noun] a pattern of cracks and wrinkles on the surface of an 烏帽子 (eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black hat”) formed as the black lacquer dries Alternative spelling 皴

(This term, シワ (shiwa), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)