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ワイシャツ

ワイシャツ

Japanese

ワイシャツ (waishatsu): a dress shirt.
ワイシャツ (waishatsu): a flannel button-down shirt.

Alternative forms

Noun

ワイシャツ ‎(romaji waishatsu)

  1. a dress shirt, the kind worn with a business suit
  2. any button-down shirt

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Etymology

From ホワイトシャツ ‎(howaito shatsu, “white shirt”),[1][2] itself from English white shirt.

The meaning in Japanese has evolved over time to extend first to any dress shirt, regardless of color, and then to any button-down shirt in general.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ワイシャツ [wàíshátsú] (Heiban - [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠iɕa̠t͡sɯᵝ]

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