ズボン
ズボン
hepburn zubon
pants, trousers
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 黒いズボンを履いています。I'm wearing black trousers.
- このズボンはきついです。These trousers are tight.
Collocations
ズボン (zubon, trousers / pants)ズボンを履く (zubon wo haku, put on trousers)半ズボン (han zubon, shorts)パンツ (pantsu, pants — UK underwear, US trousers, ambiguous)ジーンズ (jiinzu, jeans)
Mnemonic
ズボン zubon — a loanword, but not from English. The likely source is French jupon (a petticoat) or jupe (skirt) — Meiji-era Japan borrowed clothing terms from English, French, Dutch, and German indiscriminately, so a single garment may have several Japanese names. Trap: パンツ (pantsu) conflicts between British English ("underwear") and American English ("trousers"); native Japanese use is "underwear", but recent borrowing has added the trouser sense. ズボン is the unambiguous everyday choice.
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