- nui embroidery, sewing
Learners meet this mainly in compounds like 縫い物 or 縫い目; bare 縫い alone is rare outside sewing or crafts contexts.
母は縫い物がとても上手です。
Haha wa nuimono ga totemo jouzu desu.
My mother is very good at sewing.
この縫い目はとても細かいですね。
Kono nuime wa totemo komakai desu ne.
These stitches are very fine, aren't they?
⚖️ Commonly confused with 縫い物 (sewing as an activity) versus 刺繍 (shishuu), which specifically means embroidery.
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💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).
Found in a wide range of contexts. Useful for building reading and listening fluency.
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