riverwest
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- 4 Jun 2015
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Hello! I am a native Japanese speaker but I have lived in United States for over 15 years.
I am wondering about the words "ズボン" and "半ズボン". Do Japanese people still use these words? In Japanese textbooks, I see "pants" (in American English) = "ズボン". When I was a kid growing up in Japan, "パンツ" means underwear. However, when I was listening to one of Japanese podcast, I heard this Japanese lady use the word,"パンツ", for a pair of long pants. This lady in podcast actually said a slight different way when she was talking about "パンツ" (underwear) and "パンツ" (for a pair of pants). ("パンツ" for a pair of pants has slight intonation up for "ツ"). Anyway, do people say "パンツ" or "ズボン" these days? I am especially interested in opinions on somebody younger than 20s. Also, how about "jeans"? I think we used to call "jeans" as "ジーパン". But do people still say "ジーパン"? Or "ジーンズ" or perhaps "デニム" is more appropriate word?
What about shorts? Do they say "半ズボン"? "ショートパンツ"? I also heard the term "ハーフパンツ". If anybody who lives in Japan can enlighten me, that would be great.
I am wondering about the words "ズボン" and "半ズボン". Do Japanese people still use these words? In Japanese textbooks, I see "pants" (in American English) = "ズボン". When I was a kid growing up in Japan, "パンツ" means underwear. However, when I was listening to one of Japanese podcast, I heard this Japanese lady use the word,"パンツ", for a pair of long pants. This lady in podcast actually said a slight different way when she was talking about "パンツ" (underwear) and "パンツ" (for a pair of pants). ("パンツ" for a pair of pants has slight intonation up for "ツ"). Anyway, do people say "パンツ" or "ズボン" these days? I am especially interested in opinions on somebody younger than 20s. Also, how about "jeans"? I think we used to call "jeans" as "ジーパン". But do people still say "ジーパン"? Or "ジーンズ" or perhaps "デニム" is more appropriate word?
What about shorts? Do they say "半ズボン"? "ショートパンツ"? I also heard the term "ハーフパンツ". If anybody who lives in Japan can enlighten me, that would be great.