a white cloth, made from the fibers of, for example, the 梶の木 (kajinoki, “paper mulberry”) tree. / (by extension) the colour white

(rare) a white cloth, made from the fibers of, for example, the 梶の木 (kajinoki, “paper mulberry”) tree. / (rare, by extension) the colour white

white as the cloth made from the bark of the 梶の木 (kaji no ki, “paper mulberry”), alludes to 衣 (koromo, “robe”), 袖 (sode, “sleeve”), 襷 (tasuki, “cord to tuck up a sleeve”), 袂 (tamoto, “sleeve pocket”), 紐 (himo, “cord, string”), 肩巾, 領布 (hire, “shawl”), etc.

pure, unmixed, genuine / selfless, pure / innocent

purity / selflessness, purity / innocence

be dressed in, wear, put on

(literary) they (about women or girls)

symbolize

symbol

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)