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Elizabeth said:Because they also stand for men's briefs? Zubon is from French, right? Although pantsu may be the more standard now. Where did the old word jiipan (jeans) come from?
Elizabeth said:Because they also stand for men's briefs? Zubon is from French, right? Although pantsu may be the more standard now. Where did the old word jiipan (jeans) come from?
PaulTB said:Only in America. Japan uses the britgo definition of pants - hence the "and cause a bit of a stir" bit.
Sources appear mixed on this subject; some suggestion that such meaning applies generally to women's trousers or when given with トレーニング, 海水 etc.Maciamo said:No. Japanese also use "pantsu" for "trousers". And not just in "jiipan" or "sho-topantsu".
I also remember "Jeans-Pants" explanation, but today we're given a more reliable explanation-- "G.I.'s Pants".Glenn said:From what I remember, it came from the first part of the Japanese transliteration of "jeans," "ジー." Then they just added "パン" to emphasize that they were talking about pants. Can anyone confirm this?
rquethe said:I don't believe viking refers to a buffet in english though. I had a teacher explain the origin of the word a long time ago but I have forgotten it.
Glenn said:From what I remember, it came from the first part of the Japanese transliteration of "jeans," "ジー." Then they just added "パン" to emphasize that they were talking about pants. Can anyone confirm this?
They say G-pan was a frequent assistance gift delivered by GI, so G.I.'s uniform at that time doesn't matter maybe.Golgo_13 said:But since when do Army soldiers wear Levi's as part of their uniform?
Isn't kan カン also Dutch in origin?kisaragi said:I believe that the word
biiru comes from the dutch word 'bier'
Dutch is my native language, so i know that 'bier' means beer. But someone once told me that it came from dutch
right ?
Elizabeth said:Isn't kan カン also Dutch in origin?
Buntaro said:biiru vs. biyaa (beer)
Similar to above. Biiru is from the German. The word biyaa only appears in one situation, in the phrase "biyaa gaaden". That phrase comes from English, but it does not seem to come from American English. Are "beer gardens" common in Britian?
Tetsuzo Inumaru, who was the general manager of Imperial Hotel back in 1957, was impressed with smorgasbord in Copenhagen. He told the chef Nobuo Murakami (who was training at Ritz in Paris then) to do research, and the first buffet restaurant in Japan called Viking opened when Murakami returned to Japan in 1958.Golgo_13 said:The proper word that should have been used is "smorgasbord", which is Swedish in origin.
Since most Japanese would probably muck up the pronunciation--like they do with "major" which they say like "measure"--they arbitrarily must have picked "Viking" to imply a Nordic-style meal.