yukata
[ yoo-kah-tah ]
/ yʊˈkɑ tɑ /
noun, plural yu·ka·ta.
a Japanese dressing gown or lounging robe of soft, lightweight cotton.
Origin of yukata
1815–25; < Japanese: literally, a bathrobe, shortened form of
yu-katabira, equivalent to
yu hot water +
kata side +
-bira, combining form of
hira (earlier
fira,
*pira) flat thing
Words nearby yukata
yugoslavia,
yugoslavian,
yuk,
yukaghir,
yukagir,
yukata,
yukawa,
yukawa meson,
yukky,
yukon,
yukon gold
Example sentences from the Web for yukata
One summer we went to a store selling cloth for a bathing cloth (yukata) which I wear in summer-time.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 |Elizabeth Bisland