Clothing Flashcards
わふく
Japanese Clothing
ようふく
Western Clothing (used mostly to mean normal clothing)
きもの
Kimono
シャツ
Shirt
ズボン
Slacks / Pants / Trousers
きます
きて
To Wear (Upper Body)
はきます
はいて
To Wear (Lower Body)
シャツを きました
I wore (meaning put on) a shirt
きものを きます
I’ll wear a kimono
In english we almost always speak about what a person is wearing in the present progressive tense, japanese is the same.
this means using te forms like in the previous set of flashcards
まりこさんは あかい ズボンを はいて います
Mariko is wearing red pants
ジョンさんは シャツを きて いません
John is not wearing a shirt
その ひとは、 ようふくを きて いません でした。 わふくを きて いました
She wasn’t wearing western clothes. she was wearing Japanese clothes. (in Japanese youfuku often just means clothes in general, so by saying she wasn’t wearing western clothes its essentially suggesting to the listener she is nude, only to then explain she is in Japanese clothing afterwards)
ドレス
Dress
スーツ
Suit