Tisaji
thi-saji
Tekin or a kind of handkerchief
U-biki
u-biki
Scrub the boiled skins with bamboo scissors to remove
impurities
U-daki
u-daki
Boil Basho skins in wood lye
U-hagi
u-hagi
Peel off Ito-basho skins
U-umi
u-umi
Find fiber from the bottom, tear it off into threads
using fingernails and tie them in a weaver’s knot
Yokoito (Weft)
yokoito
The weft threads (the treads woven across warp) in a
fabric
Yorikake (Twisting)
yorikake
Twisting threads prevents them from breaking or napping
Yuna
yuna
Oh-hamabou Plant used as grey dyestuff mainly with Kumejima
Tsumugi
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