シャツ

• 読み: しゃつ
• ローマ字: shatsu
• 発音: /ɕa.tsɯ/

意味

Shirt; undershirt; singlet. Refers to shirts in general, often an undergarment or casual top.

A loanword from English 'shirt.' In Japanese, シャツ by itself often refers to a T-shirt or undershirt. For a dress shirt, the more specific term ワイシャツ (from 'white shirt') is used. Tシャツ (T-shirt) is also extremely common. シャツ is always written in katakana as a foreign loanword.

例文

1. 白いシャツを着ています。
2. 毎日シャツを洗います。
3. このシャツはいくらですか。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, shopping, laundry

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'shirt' during the Meiji era when Western clothing became widely adopted in Japan. The pronunciation was adapted to Japanese phonology.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal