背広

背広

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	広
せ Grade: 6	ひろ > びろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Unknown, but thought to be related to English civil clothes, Savile Row, or Cheviot.

The kanji are ateji (当て字); they literally mean "back" + "wide" ("wide-backed").

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せびろ [sèbíró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞bʲiɾo̞]

Noun

背広 (hiragana せびろ, katakana セビロ, rōmaji sebiro)

1. a business suit

See also

• スーツ (sūtsu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9