半纏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半 纏
はん
Grade: 2 		てん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spellings
半天
袢纏

Etymology

Compound of 半 (han, “half”) +‎ 纏 (ten, “wear, wrap”).[1][2][3][4]

First attested in 1754.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

半(はん)纏(てん) • (hanten) ←はんてん (fanten)?

  1. [from 1754] a traditional practical workman's short winter jacket, like a haori, but without gussets or tie-cords at the chest, and with a flat (non-folding) collar
  2. [from 1773] short for 印半纏 (shirushi-banten): a hanten jacket, with a prominently visible household, group, or company brand mark, typically worn by family members, retainers, or employees

Derived terms

  • 亀の子半纏 (kamenoko-banten)
  • 蝙蝠半纏 (kōmori-banten)
  • 腰切り半纏 (koshikiri-banten)
  • 刺し子半纏 (sashiko-banten)
  • 尻切れ半纏 (shirikire-banten)
  • 印半纏 (shirushi-banten)
  • ねんねこ半纏 (nenneko-banten)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “半纏”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “半纏”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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