Meaning

Primary

Underwear

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The things you wear below your other clothes. That is your underwear. You do wear underwear, right?

Reading

したぎ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for this one is all kun'yomi vocab reading, but you should know these by now. uses the reading you learned with 着る, but this word employs that pesky rendaku, so remember that becomes here.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 下着がぬれる

    the underwear gets wet

    下着が見える

    can see someone's underwear

    下着がよごれる

    the underwear gets dirty

Context Sentences

下着売り場はあちらです。

The underwear section is over there.

最近は、私は下着はネットで注文することが多いです。

Lately, I often order underwear online.

おおっ、それって勝負下着?かっこいいね!

Oh, is that your special underwear? Looks cool!

Kanji Composition