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jmdict 2754510 Active (id: 2176085)

ボトムス
1. [n] Source lang: eng "bottoms"
▶ lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt)
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2754520 トップス 1. top; upper garment



History:
8. A 2022-01-23 21:29:47  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -10 +10,2 @@
-<gloss>lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.)</gloss>
+<lsource xml:lang="eng">bottoms</lsource>
+<gloss>lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt)</gloss>
7. A 2013-06-26 22:48:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2013-06-26 22:34:46  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I agree with Rene that "if the change to singular is made for トップス, it should 
be made here too". 
.
In addition, I felt it was better to have an example of a lower garment which 
does not have two legs, such as a skirt. Otherwise, one might wonder whether 
something like a skirt is considered to be a ボトムス.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ボトムス
.
Technically, ボトムス is wasei Eigo, since a "bottom" is "the part of a two-piece 
garment such as a tracksuit or bikini that covers the lower body" (Encarta), 
which is not what ボトムス means in Japanese (it doesn't have to be part of a two-
piece garment).
  Diff:
@@ -10,1 +10,1 @@
-<gloss>lower garments (e.g. jeans, slacks, culottes, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.)</gloss>
5. A 2013-06-26 16:19:12  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2013-06-26 12:32:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bottoms - "2. (plural only) The bottom (trouser) part of clothing, as in pyjama bottoms, tracksuit bottoms."
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ボトムス
  Comments:
In Japanese "ボトムス" clearly has much wider application than "bottoms" has in English. I think it's probably misleading to gloss it as "bottom" or "bottoms" as their meaning is much narrower.
(I thought it was hilarious the first time I saw "bottoms" advertised in a sale in Japan.)
  Diff:
@@ -10,2 +10,1 @@
-<gloss>bottoms</gloss>
-<gloss>lower garments</gloss>
+<gloss>lower garments (e.g. jeans, slacks, culottes, etc.)</gloss>
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