下着
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 下 | 着 |
| した Grade: 1 |
き > ぎ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 下 (shita, “under”) + 着 (ki, “wear”).[1][2] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- underwear, an undergarment
- Synonym: アンダーウェア (andāwea)
- an inner robe
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Okinawan
Etymology
Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as しちやぢ.[1]
Noun
下着 (hiragana しちゃじ, romaji shichaji)
References
- ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), , page 46
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 下 read as した
- Japanese terms spelled with 着 read as き
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Underwear
- Okinawan lemmas
- Okinawan nouns
- ryu:Underwear