ブリーフ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English brief (attributive of briefs).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ブリ​ーフ [bùríꜜìfù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾʲiːɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ブリーフ • (burīfu) 

1. briefs (male underwear)
   • 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん)　二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     将(しょう)軍(ぐん)家(け)は代(だい)々(だい)水(すい)練(れん)の時(とき)も　もっさりブリーフ派(は)だ

     Shōgunke wa daidai suiren no toki mo mossari burīfu-ha da

     For generations of the shōgun clan, when it comes time for swimming, we’ve always been fans of lame briefs