湯文字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
湯 文 字
ゆ
Grade: 3		 もん > も
Grade: 1		 じ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi irregular goon

Etymology

Derived as a 文字詞 (moji kotoba, “letter word”) from either 湯具 (yugu, literally “hot water + material”) or 湯巻 (yumaki, literally “hot water + wrap”), originally referring to a simple wrap around the wearer's loins when using a public bath or hot spring.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

湯(ゆ)文(も)字(じ) • (yumoji) 

  1. a simple lightweight garment used by both men and women to wrap around the wearer's loins when using a public bath or hot spring
  2. a traditional Japanese women's undergarment similar to the bathing garment, covering from the hips to roughly the legs, and generally worn under a kimono

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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