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kimono

Kimono means 'thing to wear' and once meant any clothing at all; contact with the West narrowed it to the traditional robe, the sense English has used since European traders met it in the 1630s. Paris's craze for things Japanese spread it across Europe, and in Brazil and France kimono also names the judo or jiu-jitsu suit.

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kimono

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