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Japanese
Etymology
From Portuguese jaqueta (“jacket”).[1][2]
First cited in 1867.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
チョッキ • (chokki)
- vest, waistcoat
- Synonyms: ベスト, 胴着, ウエストコート
Descendants
References
- ^ “チョッキ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “チョッキ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN