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 (rōmaji howaito shatsu)

  1. a dress shirt
  2. a long-sleeved button-down shirt

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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