アウター

アウター

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語), from English outer,[1] or perhaps shortened from outerwear.[2]

Noun

アウター • (autā) 

1. (attributive, often with loan words) (something) exterior, outside
   • 2018 September, “Tips for Borderless Garden”, in Modern Living, number 240, page 98:

     アウタールーム１(いち)は、テーブル席(せき)を覆(おお)うように高(たか)い木(き)々(ぎ)が植(う)えられている。

     Autā rūmu ichi wa, tēburuseki o ōu yō ni takai kigi ga uerarete-iru.

     In outdoor room 1, tall trees grow around the table as if to hide it.

2. outerwear

   Synonym: 上着 (uwagi)

   Antonyms: インナー (innā), 下着 (shitagi), 肌着 (hadagi), アンダーウエア (andāwea)

   • 2018 November, “Cape coat”, in Elle, page 245:

     秋(あき)冬(ふゆ)ワードローブの軸(じく)となるベーシックアウターこそ、本(ほん)当(とう)に価(か)値(ち)あるものを手(て)に入(い)れたい。

     Aki fuyu wādorōbu no jiku to naru bēshikku autā koso, hontō ni kachi aru mono o te ni ire-tai.

     As basic outerwear is the center of your fall and winter wardrobe, you really want to get something valuable.

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. “アウター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN