生機
English translation: gray goods/loomstate/greige/grey
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| 07:41 Oct 23, 2005 |
| Japanese to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: ishigami Local time: 14:06 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | gray goods/loomstate/greige/grey |
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| 4 | gray fabric/greige |
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| 4 | Raw fabric |
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| 生機 gray fabric/greige Explanation: きばた（生機） きばた（生機） 織り上げたままの織物 grey fabric,gray fabric -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2005-10-23 07:56:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- gray goods グレー,生機(きばた):織機を離れたばかりで,漂白,染色など仕上げ加工をしていない織物;greige, griege ともいう. ランダムハウス英語辞典 Reference: http://www.fashion-heart.com/term/fabric/jp-k.htm |
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| 生機 Raw fabric Explanation: according to www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/yuriroll/sub2.htm 生機用カレンダー (Embossing machine for raw fabric) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2005-10-23 08:01:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- That link didn't seem to work. Trying again: http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/yuriroll/sub2.htm Something like "Prior to any dyeing (or bleaching), the material is referred to as "raw fabric"." "Raw fabric" refers to material that has not yet been dyed (or bleached). |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| 生機 gray goods/loomstate/greige/grey Explanation: http://www.ishiori.co.jp/sub25.htm 生機（きばた） グレーともいう。未晒し（みざらし）糸のままの織物のこと。精錬、染色加工前の織物のこと http://www.powerlab.it/elite/defs.htm Gray Goods/Loomstate/Greige/Grey Words used to describe fabric that is just off the loom, woven but unfinished in any way. |
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