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下着

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Kanji in this term
下 着
した
Grade: 1 		き > ぎ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 下 (shita, “under”) +‎ 着 (ki, “wear”).[1][2] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

下(した)着(ぎ) • (shitagi) 

  1. underwear, an undergarment
    Synonym: アンダーウェア (andāwea)
  2. an inner robe

References edit

  1. ^ 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, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Okinawan edit

Kanji in this term
下 着
Grade: 1 Grade: 3

Etymology edit

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as しちやぢ.[1]

Noun edit

下着(しちゃじ) (shichaji) 

  1. underwear

References edit

  1. ^ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/46
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