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ステテコ (すててこ, suteteko) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Related words トランクス Trunks are modern, shorter, and worn as outer shorts or underwear, while ステテコ are longer, looser, and typically worn as underwear or loungewear.
パンツ パンツ is a general term for underpants or trousers; ステテコ refers specifically to the long, loose, Bermuda-style underpants.
Written forms ステテコ Usage 94%
Katakana spelling is standard for this word.
すててこ Usage 6%
Hiragana spelling is also used.
Etymology Named after the ステテコ踊り, a comic dance popularized in the Meiji period by the rakugo performer 初代三遊亭圓遊; the garment worn for the dance subsequently took the name.
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