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Hakama: a type of traditional Japanese clothing. They were originally worn only by men. Hakama are tied at the waist and fall approximately to the ankles. Hakama are worn over a kimono (hakamashita).
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Hanten: a short winter coat, is an item of traditional Japanese clothing. The coat started to be worn especially by the common people beginning in the 18th century during the Edo period.
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Happi: Happi (法被, 半被) is a traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat usually made of indigo or brown cotton and imprinted with a distinctive mon (crest). Originally, these represented the crest of a family, as happi were worn by house servants. Later, happi commonly began to display the crests of shops and organisations. Also, formerly, firefighters wore happi and the symbol on their backs referred to the group with which they were associated. In the Edo period, firefighters were paid not for actual firefighting activity but instead for promptness and presence at the scene of a fire. Thus, wearing conspicuous happi and dancing on intact roofs near fires with matoi was essential for them. In English, "happi" is most often translated as "happi coat" or "happy coat".
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Jinbei: a kind of traditional Japanese clothing worn by men, women, boys, girls, and even babies during the summer. Sometimes referred to as hippari.
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Jūnihitoe: an extremely elegant and highly complex kimono that was only worn by court-ladies in Japan. Literally translated it means "twelve-layer robe". The older term, still used by scholars, but not widely recognised in mainstream Japan, is Karaginu Mo. This is in reference to its Chinese coat (Karaginu) and apron-like train (Mo), the defining parts of the costume.
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Kimono: a Japanese traditional garment worn by women, men and children. The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing" wink , has come to denote these full-length robes.
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Parts:
* Dōura: upper lining on a woman's kimono
* Eri: collar
* Fuki: hem guard
* Furi: sleeve below the armhole
* Maemigoro: front main panel
* Miyatsukuchi: opening under the sleeve
* Okumi: front inside panel
* Sode: sleeve
* Sodeguchi: sleeve opening
* Sodetsuke: kimono armhole
* Susomawashi: lower lining
* Tamoto: sleeve pouch
* Tomoeri: over-collar (collar protector)
* Uraeri: inner collar
* Ushiromigoro: back main section

Samue: is the work clothing of a Japanese Zen monk.

Made from cotton or linen and traditionally dyed brown or indigo to distinguish them from formal vestments, samue are worn by monks performing labour duty such as temple maintenance and field work.

Sokutai: is complex attire only worn by courtiers, aristocrats and the emperor at the court in Japan. Part of a sokutai are the shaku, a flat ritual baton or scepter, and a hat called kanmuri.
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Tomesode: one type of Kimono. It is expensive formal dress worn by a married woman.

Uwagi: The article of Japanese clothing known as uwagi is a kimono-like jacket most familiar as the top half of a martial arts uniform.
The bottom half, the trousers, is called zubon.
The third element, the obi belt, ties closed the uwagi and holds up the zubon.
In some martial arts, the set is completed by a hakama which might be worn over or instead of the zubon.

Yukata: a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton. People wearing yukata are a common sight in Japan at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is also frequently worn after bathing at Japanese inns. Though their use is not limited to after-bath wear, yukata literally means bath(ing) clothes.
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