Etymology

kamoi

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Today it means: The upper rail on which a Japanese room divider runs. Full definition →

Japanese 鴨居
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from鴨居
  2. English todaykamoi

From Japanese 鴨居 (kamoi).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.