ホワイトシャツ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from English white shirt.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The meaning in Japanese evolved over time to extend first to any dress shirt, regardless of color, and then to any long-sleeved button-down shirt in general.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホワイトシャツ [hòwáítósháꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ɰᵝa̠ito̞ɕa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

ホワイトシャツ • (howaito shatsu)

a dress shirt
a long-sleeved button-down shirt

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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