ふんどし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ふんどし – see the following entry.

【褌】H [noun] loincloth; the traditional Japanese underwear for adult males and females, made from a length of cotton [noun] (sumo) a sumo wrestler's traditional apron [noun] a women’s 腰巻 (koshimaki, “a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist, worn as underwear underneath a kimono”) [noun] (shogi) a fork by a knight [noun] a crab’s abdomen; apron Alternative spelling 犢鼻褌

(This term, ふんどし (fundoshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふんどし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふんどし.)