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kakemono

ka·ke·mo·no

Today it means: A vertical Japanese scroll painting. Full definition →

Japanese 掛け物

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Japanese · borrowed from掛け物
English todaykakemono

Borrowed from Japanese 掛け物 (kakemono, literally “hanging thing”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.