前掛け
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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前 | 掛 |
まえ Grade: 2 | か Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 前 (mae, “front”) + 掛け (kake, “suspended from”), 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛ける (kakeru, “to suspend; to wear”). Attested from at least the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ma̠e̞ka̠ke̞]
Noun
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前掛け • (maekake) ←まへかけ (mafekake)?
- apron (an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs, often for protection from spills)
- Synonyms: エプロン (epuron), 前垂れ (maedare)
- お地蔵様の赤い前掛け
- Ojizō-sama no akai maekake
- a red apron for Jizō
- bib (clothing tied around a baby's neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating)
- Synonym: よだれかけ (yodarekake)
- 子供用の前掛け
- kodomo yō no maekake
- a bib for children; a child's dicky
- (historical) long strips of fabric attached to the front of a mo, a type of skirt formerly worn by women or girls
Usage notes
The word 前掛け may be used broadly for an apron or smock. Some synonyms may have more specific reference, depending on region. A covering for both front and back of the upper body is often called a 割烹着 (kappōgi, literally “cook's clothing”). Until the middle Edo period, the word 前垂れ (maedare) and various regional variants were commonly used in reference to various types of covering suspended from the neck. During much of the Edo period 前掛け referred to protective linen or cotton smocks worn by merchants, and later to decorative silk aprons worn by shop girls.[2] The word エプロン (epuron), from English apron, appeared during the late 19th century.[1]
See also
前掛け on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
Apron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- “前掛け”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984