ジュウニヒトエ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ジュウニヒトエ – see the following entry.

【十二単じゅうにひとえ】 [noun] (clothing) a ceremonial twelve-layered robe worn by women of the imperial court, consisting of twelve single-layer unlined robes worn one over the other [noun] Ajuga nipponensis, a perennial plant in the mint family and native to Japan Alternative spellings 十二一重, 十二単衣

(This term, ジュウニヒトエ (jūnihitoe), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)