パンツ

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パンツ

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Underpants

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Trousers

Etymology

Borrowed from English pants.

First cited to a text from 1896.

Pronunciation

(underpants):

(Tokyo) パンツ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

(trousers):

(Tokyo) パンツ (Atamadaka – )
(Tokyo) パンツ (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

パンツ • (pantsu)

pants, underpants (undergarment covering the genitals)
- 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 68:
  
  パンツだけはここで自(じ)分(ぶん)で洗(あら)って干(ほ)す
  Pantsu dake wa koko de jibun de aratte hosu
  Wash your undies yourself and hang them over there
- 1997 July 17, Seimaru Amagi with Kanari, Yozaburo and Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル18(じゅうはち)　魔(ま)神(じん)遺(い)跡(せき)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)①(いち) [File 18: The Demonic Ruins Murder Case #1]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 25 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  
  そのフリフリホワイトのパンツは‥‥宗(むな)像(かた)センパイ！
  Sono furifuri howaito no pantsu wa‥‥ Munakata-senpai!
  Those frilly white panties... Munakata-senpai!
pants, trousers (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)

Derived terms

スカパン (sukapan)
短(たん)パン (tanpan)

Descendants

→ English: pantsu
→ Mandarin: 胖次 (pàngcì)
→ Korean: 빤스 (ppanseu)

See also

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “パンツ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 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

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