Translation guide
A style of pleating that expands and contracts like an accordion, commonly used in skirts and clothing.
Describing a garment or fabric with narrow, regular pleats that open and close like an accordion.
The most common and direct loanword from English, widely understood in fashion contexts.
このスカートはアコーディオンプリーツになっています。
This skirt has accordion pleats.
A more technical term combining the loanword with the Japanese word for pleats. Used in sewing and fashion design.
アコーディオン褶の縫い方を教えてください。
Please teach me how to sew accordion pleats.
Literally 'bellows-shaped pleats', a descriptive phrase that can be used for accordion-like folds in non-clothing contexts as well.
そのドレスは蛇腹状のひだが特徴的だ。
That dress is characterized by its accordion-like pleats.