晴れ着

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
き > ぎ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
晴着

Etymology

() (hare, formal(ity)) + () (-gi, clothing)

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (haregi

  1. one's finest clothes; one's Sunday best
    Synonym: 余所行(よそゆ) (yosoyuki)
    Antonym: 普段着(ふだんぎ) (fudangi)

See also

  • ()姿(すがた) (haresugata)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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