Etymology

meriyasu

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Today it means: A style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki Full definition →

Japanese メリヤス
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed fromメリヤス“a stretchy knit fabric”
  2. English todaymeriyasu

Borrowed from Japanese メリヤス (“a stretchy knit fabric”)

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