And an obi is the wide band of material that you wrap around your waist over top of a kimono. From Wordnik.com. [Obi Hanging in Shop Window] Reference
(I learned later the obi was a bargain: Such high-quality, hand-embroidered sashes are rare.). From Wordnik.com. [My Kimono Education] Reference
Mr. Bekku's principal job as dresser was to tie the obi, which isn't as simple a job as it might sound. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Sebastian Mayer/AEIOU Pull the 'obi' firmly in place. From Wordnik.com. [Kimonos: The 13-Step Program] Reference
Sebastian Mayer/AEIOU Place the 'obi' around the waist. From Wordnik.com. [Kimonos: The 13-Step Program] Reference
(The pillow lifts the back of the 'obi'; the 'obi-age' hides the pillow.). From Wordnik.com. [Kimonos: The 13-Step Program] Reference
Jack's obi is indicative of the times. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms] Reference
Here's a series of shots showing how the obi is tied: http://www. nijo.co.jp/eobi/musubi. htm from Rachel. From Wordnik.com. [Obi Hanging in Shop Window] Reference
"obi" s - the belts martial artists (or dyslexic 'marital artists') use to tie the "gi", uniform. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful Kind] Reference
The obi is the pride of a Japanese girl's heart. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
Mr. Bekku took several minutes to tie Hatsumomo's obi. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
She began by untying my obi and folding it on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Her obi was plum-colored, interwoven with silver threads. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
While he was untying my obi in the room upstairs, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Ha´wiobi kiva Ha´wi, stair; High stair place. obi, high place. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference
I have a great deal of experience tying an obi with my own hands. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
"I didn't know, Chiyo-chan!" she said, fumbling in her obi for a handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
But a girl younger than around twenty or so wears her obi in a showier fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
She also put a folding fan into her obi and placed a kerchief in her right sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
A traditional obi or sash pulled just tight enough around the black robe or kimono. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2004] Reference
A boy's obi is more for practical use, and is not of such splendour as his sister's. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
With so much of his weight on my hips, however, I couldn't get my hand into the back of my obi. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Soon Hatsumomo came out and said she was missing a brooch used for decorating the front of an obi. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Mameha gave me a little ornament in the shape of a gourd and showed me how to wear it dangling on my obi. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
To achieve this effect the obi must be so long that it stretches all the way from one end of a room to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Before leaving the okiya, I took the handkerchief the Chairman had given me and tucked it into my obi for good luck. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Under the outer kimono is an inner kimono, and the garments are girt about the body with a large sash, called an obi. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
Both had new kimonos, and O Hara San had a very fine obi, which her parents had bought for her by denying themselves many little luxuries. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
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