パジャマ

パジャマ

Japanese

Etymology

From American English pajamas, analyzing pajamas as a plural.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パ​ジャマ [páꜜjàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [pa̠ʑa̠ma̠]

Noun

パジャマ (counter 着, rōmaji pajama)

1. (clothing) pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)

   パジャマ1 (いっ)着 (ちゃく)

   pajama itchaku

   a pair of pajamas

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9