クールビズ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• COOL(クール) BIZ(ビズ) (kūru bizu)

Etymology

From English cool (“mildly or pleasantly cold; fashionable”) + biz (“business”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) クールビ​ズ [kùúrú bíꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːɾɯ̟ᵝ bʲizɨᵝ]

Proper noun

クールビズ • (Kūru Bizu) 

1. COOL BIZ, a campaign by the Japanese government to promote wearing lighter clothing in the workplace during the summer.

See also

• 薄着(うすぎ) (usugi)