Home › Words › I › ichimegasaichimegasaichimegasa means A type of straw hat worn by upper class women during the Heian period in Japan.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 市女笠.nounA type of straw hat worn by upper class women during the Heian period in Japan.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.eboshi 54% match — the hat of black lacquer worn by the gyoji presiding over a sumo match vs ichimegasa →chonmage 51% match — A traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men, traditionally associated with samurai and more recently with sumo wrestlers. vs ichimegasa →uchikake 50% match — A formal kimono worn by brides. vs ichimegasa →houmongi 49% match — A semiformal kimono vs ichimegasa →michiyuki 47% match — a traditional Japanese overcoat, often worn as protection from the cold, similar to a 被風 (hifu, “padded overcoat”) but narrower in the body and with a square collar vs ichimegasa →shimenawa 46% match — A length of straw that lines the ring (used as ritual purification in shinto) vs ichimegasa →hatiquette 46% match — The etiquette attached to the wearing of hats. vs ichimegasa →chigi 46% match — In Japanese architecture, a V-shaped finial used mainly on Shinto shrine roofs. vs ichimegasa →