アウター

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from outer,[1] or perhaps shortened from outerwear.[2]

Noun[edit]

アウター • (autā) 

  1. (attributive, often with loan words) (something) exterior, outside
    • 2018 September, “Tips for Borderless Garden”, in Modern Living, number 240, page 98:
      アウタールーム１(いち)は、テーブル席(せき)を覆(おお)うように高(たか)い木(き)々(ぎ)が植(う)えられている。
      Autā rūmu ichi wa, tēburuseki o ōu yō ni takai kigi ga uerarete-iru.
      In outdoor room 1, tall trees grow around the table as if to hide it.
  2. outerwear
    Synonym: 上着 (uwagi)
    Antonyms: インナー (innā), 下着 (shitagi), 肌着 (hadagi), アンダーウエア (andāwea)
    • 2018 November, “Cape coat”, in Elle, page 245:
      秋(あき)冬(ふゆ)ワードローブの軸(じく)となるベーシックアウターこそ、本(ほん)当(とう)に価(か)値(ち)あるものを手(て)に入(い)れたい。
      Aki fuyu wādorōbu no jiku to naru bēshikku autā koso, hontō ni kachi aru mono o te ni ire-tai.
      As basic outerwear is the center of your fall and winter wardrobe, you really want to get something valuable.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ “アウター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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