How do you say "sleeve" in Japanese?

袖 is romanised as sode. Say it roughly like "soh-deh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

袖 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.

袖 is written using kanji. Sode is one kanji 袖 representing the arm covering.

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