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Ryokan · Etiquette

N3

すみません、この浴衣の正しい着方が分かりません。どちらが上になりますか?Excuse me, I don't know the correct way to wear this yukata. Which side goes on top? (Ryokan · Etiquette, Formal — to staff, JLPT N3)

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すみません、この浴衣の正しい着方が分かりません。どちらが上になりますか?

すみません、このゆかたのただしいきかたがわかりません。どちらがうえになりますか?

Excuse me, I don't know the correct way to wear this yukata. Which side goes on top?

Romaji: Sumimasen, kono yukata no tadashii kikata ga wakarimasen. Dochira ga ue ni narimasu ka? / Reply Romaji: Hai, hidari-mae de kimasu. Migigawa o saki ni karada ni atete, sono ue kara hidarigawa o kasanete kudasai.

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はい、左前で着ます。右側を先に体に当てて、その上から左側を重ねてください。

はい、ひだりまえで着ます。みぎがわをさきにからだにあてて、そのうえからひだりがわをかさねてください。

Yes, you wear it 'hidari-mae' (left over right). First, wrap the right side around your body, then layer the left side over it.

Gesture & etiquette

Holding up the yukata, looking confused. Staff demonstrates the correct way to wrap.

Do not wear the yukata with the right side over the left, as this is how the deceased are dressed.

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