ばっち

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Korean 바디 (badi) or 바지 (baji).

Pronunciation

Noun

ばっち (batchi

  1. (Tsushima) pants
    • 1930, 雨森芳洲 (Amenomori Hōshū), “衣冠”, in 交隣須知 (Kōrin suchi), 小倉文庫 edition, volume 2:
      バツチヲ太ウ拵ヘタニヨリ道ユクニメンドウナ
      hakama batchi o futō koshiraeta ni yori michi yuku ni mendō na
      Hakama: These pants are wide in make; it makes it troublesome to walk.
      바지 크게 지어시니 길 가기 거복ᄒᆞ다 (original Korean)

Further reading

  • 片茂鎮 (2008) “苗代川地方伝来朝鮮語学習書類の日本語の地域性について [On the Japanese regional dialect of Korean Textbooks introduced to Naeshirogawa]”, in 比較文化研究, archived from the original on 24 August 2021