粗杢

English translation: heather

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Japanese term or phrase:粗杢
English translation:heather
Entered by: Shannon Morales

16:40 Mar 5, 2015
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Fabric
Japanese term or phrase: 粗杢
Part of a clothing description, seems to be a type of fabric (or fabric treatment).
Shannon Morales
United States
Local time: 11:45
coarse grandrelle
Explanation:
杢色 - 濃淡2色で撚り合わせたもしくは織り交ぜた糸を用いた、洋服などの生地。「杢グレー」など。
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Takafumi Miyauchi
Taiwan
Local time: 00:45
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Per the discussion comments, I'm going with "heather." But I'd still welcome more info, if anyone has something to add!
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3coarse grandrelle
Takafumi Miyauchi
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coarse grandrelle for 粗杢
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coarse grandrelle


Explanation:
杢色 - 濃淡2色で撚り合わせたもしくは織り交ぜた糸を用いた、洋服などの生地。「杢グレー」など。


    Reference: http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E7%B2%97%E6%9D%A2
    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%A2
Takafumi Miyauchi
Taiwan
Local time: 00:45
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Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Per the discussion comments, I'm going with "heather." But I'd still welcome more info, if anyone has something to add!
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Reference comments


7 hrs
Reference: coarse grandrelle for 粗杢

Reference information:
This is a type of textile, usually referred to something made out of yarn.
「粗」(pronounce “a-la”)means its textile is roughly woven or coarse in touch.
「杢」(pronounce “mo-ku”)means its appearance has a mix of dark and lighter colors intertwined, just like the wood grain.
This 「粗杢」can be used as an adjective for a sweater. The sweater is woven by using the yarn that is made by two (or more) different shade-colors of yarns twisted together into one. Imagine the sweater that looks gray from the distance, but you will find looking closer, it has the two different shades such as dark gray and lighter gray.
I agree with Mr. Miyauchi's translation “coarse grandrelle” for「粗杢」

Example sentence(s):
  • She is wearing a coarse cotton grandrelle yarn coat.
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Native speaker of: Japanese
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