Water-repellent knitted fabric, method for producing water-repellent knitted fabric, clothing made of water-repellent knitted fabric, and layering including clothing

A water-repellent knitted fabric that is a knitted fabric which comprises a multifilament having more than one fiber made of a thermoplastic resin and has a water repellent imparted to a surface of the knitted fabric, and satisfies the following conditions (1) to (4):

• (1) the number of voids between stitches of the knitted fabric is 20 to 40/[12 cm×12 cm], and the voids have a size of 7 mm2 to 25 mm2, wherein a knitting density of the knitted fabric is, in terms of the number of courses (C) in one inch, 20 to 40, and in terms of the number of wales (W) in one inch, 15 to 30, a weight of the knitted fabric is 45 g/m2 to 110 g/m2;
• (2) initial water repellency measured in accordance with a spray method described in JIS L-1092 is at a grade 3 or higher;
• (3) initial Water drainage is 70% or more;
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• (4) initial Bursting Strength measured in accordance with a method A described in JIS L-1096 is 200 kPa or more and 500 kPa or less.