Keyword
cotton
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1467
Readings
わた
(56%)
めん
(43%)
Composed of
thread
silk (archaic)
Used in vocabulary (136 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; continuous
down; fuzz; fluff
silk floss; silk wadding
cotton swab
raw cotton; cotton wool
absorbent cotton; cotton wool
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
unbroken; endless; continuous
unpadded kimono
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
fluff (clump of fabric fibres); lint; ball of dust; dustball
cotton cloth; cotton material
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
made of cotton; cotton goods
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
large snowflakes
padding (clothing or bedding); insulation; cotton wadding; stuffing (furniture)
cotton pants
cotton fabrics; cotton textiles
cotton yarn; cotton thread
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
bleached cotton cloth
bits of cotton
bleached cotton cloth
fluff (clump of fabric fibres); lint; ball of dust; dustball
cotton garment; clothes made out of cotton
bleached cotton cloth
cotton ball; swab
sewing needle for cotton thread
cotton gauze
poison bulb (Crinum asiaticum); giant crinum lily
wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
spongiform; spongelike; spongy
pure cotton; all-cotton
cotton goods or clothing
spun cotton
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
bits of cotton
cotton flannel; flannelette
cotton seed
tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)
unbroken; endless; continuous
spun cotton
extremely complete (thorough, careful) and detailed
guncotton; cotton powder
cotton beating
cellulose nitrate
cotton ginning
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
cotton flannel; flannelette
detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate
going on and on in tedious detail
cotton blend
unpadded kimono; 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar
sponge iron; direct reduced iron; DRI
traditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)
spirogyra; algae forming pond scum
absorbent cotton (wipes)
cotton batting; cotton wadding; cotton padding
going on and on in tedious detail
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
sheep; foreigner's mistress
sheep; foreigner's mistress
cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei)
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica); bloodflower
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)
cotton padding
cotton padding
Indian cotton (raw)
American cotton
tool for willowing cotton
cottonseed oil
picking cotton
cotton picker (machine)
carding machine
cotton spinning
cotton waste
long and uninterrupted (unbroken)
chirping of a small bird
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
cotton wedding (anniversary); second wedding anniversary
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
Examples (19 in total)
This cotton shirt washes well.
Cotton absorbs water.
Try on that shirt. It's made of fine cotton.