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ブルマー

Japanese

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Japanese schoolgirls wearing bloomers for physical education, modern and early styles.
 ブルマー on Japanese Wikipedia

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Etymology

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From English bloomer (attributive of bloomers).[1][2][3][4] Compare also パジャマ (pajama, “pajamas”), ブリーフ (burīfu, “briefs”), パンティー (pantī, “panties”) and other words for garments that derive from the attributive (singular) forms of the English etyma, in contrast with some cases such as パンツ (pantsu, “pants”), トランクス (torankusu, literally “trunks”), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ブルマー • (burumā) 

  1. "bloomers" (shorts with elasticized cuffs, especially those worn by schoolgirls as gym shorts)
    • 1998 December 20 [1993 July 15], Rumiko Takahashi, “PART(パート).９(きゅう)　究(きゅう)極(きょく)の健(けん)康(こう)法(ほう) [Part 9: The Ultimate Health Regimen]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], 18th edition, volume 25 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 135:
      乱(らん)馬(ま)、はやる気持(きも)ちはよくわかる、わかるんだが…おまえブルマーはいたままだぞ。
      Ranma, hayaru kimochi wa yoku wakaru, wakarun da ga… Omae burumā haita mama da zo.
      Ranma, we understand how you feel right now, we really do… But you’re still wearing those bloomers.
  2. bloomers

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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