襦袢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じゅ
Hyōgai
(ateji)
はん > ばん
Hyōgai
(ateji)
kan'on

Alternative forms

  • 繻絆 (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese gibão (jerkin), from Old Italian gippone, from Old Spanish aljuba, from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).[1][2][3][4] Doublet of ズボン.

Pronunciation

Noun

(じゅ)(ばん) or 襦袢(ジュバン) • (juban

  1. a type of lightweight under-robe worn under a kimono, somewhat similar to an undershirt

Derived terms

  • (あみ)(じゅ)(ばん) (amijuban)
  • (あわせ)(じゅ)(ばん) (awasejuban)
  • (くだ)(じゅ)(ばん) (kudajuban)
  • (たけ)(じゅ)(ばん) (takejuban)
  • (なが)(じゅ)(ばん) (nagajuban): underkimono
  • (にく)(じゅ)(ばん) (nikujuban)
  • (はだ)(じゅ)(ばん) (hadajuban)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 襦袢”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  4. ^ 襦袢”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  5. ^ 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