わた
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
2. batting; wadding; padding
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
unpadded kimono; 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
silk floss; silk wadding
fluff (clump of fabric fibres); lint; ball of dust; dustball
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
bits of cotton
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
asbestos
large snowflakes
padding (clothing or bedding); insulation; cotton wadding; stuffing (furniture)
wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)
cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei)
silk floss
tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica); bloodflower
cotton seed
cotton beating
cotton batting; cotton wadding; cotton padding
floss silk
cotton padding
tool for willowing cotton
cottonseed oil
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
cotton production
lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)
cotton wedding (anniversary); second wedding anniversary
Examples (5 in total)
Cotton absorbs water.
We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
This cotton shirt washes well.