what is komon?

Answer 1

Context can help define the answer clearly.

there are two common entries for "komon" or こもん
顧問 【こもん】 (n) adviser; advisor; consultant; (P); EP
小紋 【こもん】 (n) fine pattern; ED

Koumon こうもん　with a long Oh sound has 3 common entries
校門 【こうもん】 (n) school gate; (P); EP
後門 【こうもん】 (n) back gate; ED
閘門 【こうもん】 (n) lock gate; ED

Answer 2

Traditional Japanese dress.

Kimono means a garment and is used by non-Japanese to refer generically to the many different forms of traditional Japanese dress. Ki comes from kiru, which means "to wear", and mono means "thing".

The basic form of the kimono, a square-cut body with square-cut sleeves, has remained unchanged since the 10th century. The major variations in the kimono have been in size, material, decoration, and number worn at one time. Kimono is a highly symbolic garment, and, over time, has become an outward sign of social conditions such as a woman's marital status.

Today, the kimono is worn with an obi, a decorated band of cloth that is wrapped tightly around the torso, and tied at the back. The obi has been an important decorative element of the kimono ensemble since the Edo period (AD 1600 - 1868).

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http://www.moa.ubc.ca/Exhibitions/Online/Student/Kimono/what~1.htm


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Answer 3

He was famous a daimyo whose real name was Tokugawa Mitsukuni. He has been immortalized in fictional accounts as Mito Komon, Mito being his realm. The stories originally come from traditional storytellers, but then became a very long-running TV program.

In the fictional accounts he goes in undercover as an agent of the bakufu. He travels around Japan incognito to investigate corrupt samurai. After making inquiries he confronts the bad guys. The bad guys then threaten him as they think he's just some uppity peasant, but he pulls out his seal in dramatic fashion and the bad guys then beg for their lives.

Answer 4

When I see that I think "kumon" I thought it was just in Japan but when I came back to New Zealand I saw that they had it here too! What a surprise!
Its a tutoring class thing.

Answer 5

Are you asking us about "KUMON" ??
The Kumon is a method of learning started by Toru Kumon(1914-1995), who was a high school mathematics teacher in Japan Nowadays Kumon is one of the largest maths and language tutoring systems in the world.

Answer 6

wuzaracer is right about the first one (komon = advisor).
He's not wrong about the second one (komon = fine/small pattern), but nowadays it usually refers to a certain type of kimono - the sort that women wear for not-so-formal occasions, i.e. going to theater, fairly casual tea ceremony, etc.

Answer 7

I think you need to use the internet or go use a dictionary and get the correct spelling. Do you mean "kamon"?

Answer 8

you Got a lot of good answers already, but I haven't seen the right one yet.

Komon = butt hole/anal sphincter