下着

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下 着
した
Grade: 1 		き > ぎ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

下(した) (shita, “under”) + 着(ぎ) (-gi, “clothing”)

Pronunciation

Noun

下(した)着(ぎ) • (shitagi) 

  1. underwear, an undergarment
    Synonym: アンダーウェア (andāwea)
  2. an inner robe

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
下 着
Grade: 1 Grade: 3

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as しちやぢ.[1]

Noun

下着(しちゃじ) (shichaji) 

  1. underwear

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896), 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 46
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