ウエスト

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English waist.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ウエスト [ùésútó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ウエスト [ùéꜜsùtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞sɨ̥ᵝto̞]

Noun edit

ウエスト • (uesuto)

(fashion) waist size
waist

Related terms edit

スリーサイズ (surī-saizu)
バスト (basuto)
ヒップ (hippu)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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