パンツ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pants.[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1896.[3]

Pronunciation

(underpants):

(trousers):

Noun

パンツ • (pantsu) 

  1. [from 1930] pants, underpants (undergarment covering the genitals)
    • 2002 March 9, Hotta, Yumi; 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, Amagi, Seimaru; Kanari, Yozaburo; 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) [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!
  2. [from 1896] pants, trousers (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Mandarin: 胖次 (pàngcì)
  • → Korean: 빤스 (ppanseu)

See also

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. “パンツ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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