• 袖そで

  sleeve

• 領袖りょうしゅう

  leader, chief, boss

• 長袖ながそで

  long sleeves

• 半袖はんそで

  short sleeves

• 袖壁そでかべ

  wing wall

• 袖珍しゅうちん

  pocket size

• 袖口そでぐち

  cuff, armhole

• 袖裏そでうら

  lining of a sleeve, sleeve lining

• 袖章そでしょう

  sleeve badge, sleeve patch, chevrons

• 袖机そでづくえ

  office desk with drawers on one side

• 袖垣そでがき

  low fence flanking a gate or entrance

• 袖付そでつけ

  attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt, sleeve seam

• 袖搦そでがらみ

  barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

• 袖柱そでばしら

  small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

• 袖山そでやま

  top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

• 袖丈そでたけ

  length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)

• 袖標そでじるし

  small flag or piece of cloth worn on the shoulder armour to distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield

• 片袖かたそで

  one sleeve

• 平袖ひらそで

  wide sleeve

• 両袖りょうそで

  both sleeves

• 筒袖つつそで

  tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

• 広袖ひろそで

  wide sleeve

• 小袖こそで

  short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period)

• 角袖かくそで

  square sleeves

• 留袖とめそで

  formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions, married woman's ceremonial kimono

• 袖乞いそでごい

  beggar

• 袖ぐりそでぐり

  sleeve-hole, armhole

• 袖珍本しゅうちんぼん

  pocket-size book

• 袖なしそでなし

  sleeveless (garment)

• 袖の下そでのした

  bribe, money under the table

• 袖珍版しゅうちんばん

  pocket edition (of a book)

• 袖の露そでのつゆ

  tears falling onto the sleeve

• 袖看板そでかんばん

  projecting signboard, side signboard, signboard projecting from a building

• 袖香炉そでごうろ

  portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)

• 片袖机かたそでづくえ

  desk with a tier of drawers on one side

• 小袖料こそでりょう

  betrothal money given from man to woman

• 詰め袖つめそで

  kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)

• 提灯袖ちょうちんそで

  puffed-up sleeves

• 振袖魚ふりそでうお

  polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)

• 舞台袖ぶたいそで

  wings of a stage, side stage, coulisse

• 両袖机りょうそでづくえ

  kneehole desk

• 元禄袖げんろくそで

  short and round sleeves of a kimono

• 振袖柳ふりそでやなぎ

  Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)

• 七分袖しちぶそで

  three-quarter sleeves

• 萌え袖もえそで

  overly long sleeves

• 振り袖ふりそで

  long-sleeved kimono

• 黒留袖くろとめそで

  formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions, married woman's ceremonial kimono

• 色留袖いろとめそで

  formal, pastel-colored kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions, married woman's ceremonial kimono

• 袖にするそでにする

  to be cold (to), to ignore (someone)

• 袖を通すそでをとおす

  to put on (clothing), to put (one's arms) through the sleeves