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obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

waist band; girdle; sash

belt-shaped

loincloth; waist cloth

leather belt

black belt (judo, karate, etc.)

waist band

bellyband; maternity belt; (saddle) girth

obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)

man's stiff sash

shingles; herpes zoster

decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi

leather belt; cartridge or gun belt

one-piece sash

double-woven obi

bill strap; currency strap; currency band; wrapper band; newspaper band

waistband; belt; cloth girdle; obi

obi cloth or material

women's kimono sash

obi sash

Möbius strip; Moebius strip

radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie

women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

outer sash

undressing of a woman by a villain, by pulling her obi and spinning her round

abdominal-support belt

soap opera

untucked obi; dangling obi

iron band

unlined sash

common variety of women's kimono sash

belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

thick obi sash; sash padding

obi for men's use; men's kimono sash

half-width obi (kimono sash)

special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels

piece of stiff fabric worn under an obi to give more shape; batten plate; stay plate

narrow kimono sash; narrow obi

wrapper band

women's obi with a different colour on each side

obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

bar graph; rectangular graph

special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels

oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

band saw

hoop; tie hoop; lateral tie

medium-width kimono sash (approx. 26 cm); medium-width obi

belt grab reversal (judo)

triangle strip

drive belt; machine belt

strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket

betrothal money given from man to woman

radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

obi with a different colour on each side

Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus)

median wasp (Dolichovespula media)

great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri)

six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus); yellow armadillo

seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)