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背広 [ateji/ichi1,news1,nf12] 脊広 [ateji,rK]
せびろ [ichi1,news1,nf12] セビロ (nokanji)
1. [n]
《poss. from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row"》
▶ business suit



History:
6. A 2022-06-16 02:21:32  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -28 +28 @@
-<s_inf>perhaps from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row"</s_inf>
+<s_inf>poss. from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row"</s_inf>
5. A 2022-06-16 02:03:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-06-16 00:51:47  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 背広  | 166,931 | 98.0% |
| 脊広  |      54 |  0.0% |
| せびろ |   2,207 |  1.3% |
| セビロ |   1,072 |  0.6% |
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2011-10-20 06:50:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2011-10-20 06:16:26  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
no dic has 脊広, but i suppose it is equally good ateji and therefore not iK even though it's pretty obscure.  following all kokugos by adding a note on the weird etymology
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@
+<ke_inf>&ateji;</ke_inf>
@@ -26,0 +27,1 @@
+<s_inf>perhaps from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row"</s_inf>
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