そで・袖sode[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsleeve
   父ちちは袖そでに長ながい裂け目さけめを作つくった。↗

   Father made a long tear in his sleeve.
2. nounwing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
3. nounflap (of a dust jacket)

• SynonymスリーブNeutralLoanword used mainly in fashion and clothing design, as in 「ノースリーブ」; it can also mean a record sleeve. In everyday speech, say 「袖」.
• Related舞台裏ぶたいうらNeutralRefers to the backstage area, and figuratively to what happens behind the scenes; 「袖」 is the wings at the sides of the stage, out of the audience's view.
• Related衣手ころもでWrittenAn archaic, poetic word for a garment sleeve, found in waka; not used in everyday speech.
• Related袂たもとNeutralSpecifically the pouch-like lower part of a kimono sleeve; also used for the area near a bridge or the foot of a mountain. 「袖」 means the whole sleeve.
• RelatedバックステージNeutralLoanword for the backstage area of a theater; it overlaps with 「袖」 only in the sense of the wings at the sides of a stage.

For the sleeves of clothes, 「袖」 is the everyday word. Use 「袂」 for the pouch of a kimono sleeve and 「スリーブ」 as the fashion term. 「袖」 also means the wings at the sides of a stage; for backstage, say 「舞台裏」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 服ふくの腕うでを覆おおう部分ぶぶん。和服わふくではたもとも含ふくめる。
2. 肩かたから肘ひじを守まもる鎧よろいの付属品ふぞくひん。
3. 牛車ぎっしゃ、輿こしなどの出入でいり口くちの左右さゆうに張り出はりだしてある場所ばしょ。
4. 机つくえの脇わきの部分ぶぶんやそこにある引き出ひきだし。
5. 建造物けんぞうぶつや工作物こうさくぶつなどの両脇りょうわきにある場所ばしょ。
6. 舞台ぶたいの左右さゆう両端りょうたんにあって、客席きゃくせきから見みえない場所ばしょ