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Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
2. batting; wadding; padding
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (25 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
silk floss; silk wadding
bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
cotton waste; flue
cotton batting; cotton wadding; cotton padding
floss silk
asbestos
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
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
cotton seed
tool for willowing cotton
cottonseed oil
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
cotton production
lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
Examples (5 in total)
We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
This cotton shirt washes well.
Try on that shirt. It's made of fine cotton.