Here’s the spell of KIMONO in Japanese Kanji letters.

KI = wear, put on
MONO = stuff, object
In Kanji writing, the word Kimono stands for “something you wear”.

Then Kimono can mean all the clothes?

Junko
Well, that’s not. We use FUKU or YŌFUKU for general clothes. The word Kimono indicates only a Japanese traditional outfit.
Another way to say Kimono is WAFUKU.

WA = Japan, Japanese
FUKU = clothes, outfit, costume
As the letters show, Wafuku is Japanese clothes, and that is equivalent to Kimono.
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