Talk:Kimono

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"People who play some sports like kendo also wear kimono." -- ??? People certainly don't do kendo wearing kimono, do they?

Um, I think that they can be called kimono as "a traditional style of clothes". We Japanese, however, usually don't call them kimono (着物), but do-gi or kendo-gi. Gi (着) means "something you wear", a shortened word of kimono. Do-gi are not "typical" kimono, they do not "reach to the ankles". Kendo players wear kendo-gi (chunky tops), hakama (loose-fitting pants), and some protectors. Judo and karate clothes are also called do-gi, or judo-gi and karate-gi respectively. e-Goat 15:42, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)