糸(いと), いと

ito

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun, used as a suffix
  • thread; yarn; string

毛糸(けいと), けいと

keito

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • knitting wool

糸口(いとぐち), 緒(いとぐち), いとぐち

itoguchi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • thread end; beginning; clue

撚糸(ねんし), ねんし

nenshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn

生糸(きいと), きいと

kiito

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • raw silk thread

釣(つ)り糸(いと), 釣糸(つりいと), つりいと

tsuriito

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fishing line

綿糸(めんし), めんし

menshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cotton yarn (thread)

経糸(たていと), 縦糸(たていと), たて糸(いと), 経(けい), たていと

tateito

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (weaving) warp

絹糸(けんし), 繭糸(けんし), けんし, きぬいと

kenshi, kinuito

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • silk thread

金糸(きんし), きんし

kinshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • gold thread

白糸(しらいと), しらいと

shiraito

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • white thread

蚕糸(さんし), さんし

sanshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • silk thread; silk yarn

横糸(よこいと), 緯糸(よこいと), 緯(ぬき), よこ糸(いと), よこいと, ぬきいと, ぬき, い

yokoito, nukiito, nuki, i

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

製糸(せいし), せいし

seishi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • spinning; silk reeling; filature

原糸(はらいと), げんし

genshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • thread for weaving

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