It's a cinch in Japan

The answer

OBI

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBI answer page.

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OBI

Every other clue in this collection answered by OBI, most used first.

• Kimono sash - used 304 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-Wan Kenobi - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese sash - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
• Kimono closer - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Sapporo sash - used 88 times, most recently in 2024
• Kimono accessory - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Sash - used 73 times, most recently in 2011
• Geisha's sash - used 59 times, most recently in 2022
• Kimono tie - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Kyoto cummerbund - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• ___-Wan Kenobi of "Star Wars" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese band - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Asian sash - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Eastern sash - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Kimono belt - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Osaka sash - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Tokyo sash - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• It's fit to be tied - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Kimono adjunct - used 14 times, most recently in 2002
• "Shogun" sash - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Cummerbund cousin - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• It's a wrap - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Samurai's sash - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Sash for a kimono - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• A geisha may tie one on - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Broad sash - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Geisha's accessory - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Kabuki sash - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Kimono cincher - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese belt - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Kobe sash - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a geisha's garb - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Asian tie - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• ___-Wan - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Geisha girder - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Help me, ___-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a geisha's attire - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sash for Cio-Cio-San - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Geisha's belt - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Geisha's waistband - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Honshu sash - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Kimono cinch - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Kimono completer - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Kyoto sash - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Madama Butterfly" accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sash for a geisha - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Shikoku sash - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Silk tie - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "The Mikado" accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Tokyo tie - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Waist material? - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Wakayama wear - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• "It's __-win situation!" - ANO, used 71 times
• "It's c-c-cold!" - BRR, used 60 times
• It's not free of charge - ION, used 48 times
• It's a blast - TNT, used 45 times
• "It's the end of an ___" - ERA, used 42 times
• It's charged - ION, used 40 times

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