Keyword
cotton
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1467
Readings
わた
(58%)
めん
(41%)
Composed of
thread
silk (archaic)
Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
cotton
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
down; fuzz; fluff
silk floss; silk wadding
cotton swab
unbroken; endless; continuous
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
absorbent cotton
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
raw cotton; cotton wool
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
unpadded kimono
fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
cotton cloth; cotton material
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
padding (clothing or bedding); insulation; cotton wadding; stuffing (furniture)
made of cotton; cotton goods
large snowflakes
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
cotton fabrics; cotton textiles
cotton pants
cotton yarn (thread)
cotton garment; clothes made out of cotton
bleached cotton cloth
cotton waste; flue
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
bleached cotton cloth
cotton ball; swab
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)
sewing needle for cotton thread
spongiform; spongelike; spongy
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
pure cotton; all-cotton
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
spun cotton
cotton goods or clothing
bleached cotton cloth
tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)
spun cotton
cotton seed
cotton flannel; flannelette
extremely complete (thorough, careful) and detailed
unbroken; endless; continuous
asbestos coated wire mesh (was used in schools as test equipment)
guncotton; cotton powder
cotton beating
cotton flannel; flannelette
detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
going on and on in tedious detail
unpadded kimono; 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar
cellulose nitrate
cotton batting; cotton wadding; cotton padding
traditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
going on and on in tedious detail
cotton ginning
Indian cotton (raw)
spirogyra; algae forming pond scum
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
sheep; foreigner's mistress
sheep; foreigner's mistress
cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei)
tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)
chirping of a small bird
cotton padding
American cotton
tool for willowing cotton
cottonseed oil
picking cotton
cotton picker (machine)
carding machine
cotton spinning
cotton waste
long and uninterrupted (unbroken)
hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)
calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
siliceous sponge (any sponge other than those of class Calcarea)
plumule; down feather
string made of cut steamed, soaked mulberry bark fibers
cotton production
garment padded with cotton
cotton garment; clothes made out of cotton
cotton gin; cotton ginning machine
cotton gin; cotton ginning machine
1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar
colloxylin
unbleached cotton cloth
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)
Examples (19 in total)
This cotton shirt washes well.
Cotton absorbs water.
Try on that shirt. It's made of fine cotton.