半はん股もも引ひき

noun

knee-length underwear; half-length drawers

Traditional Japanese undergarment reaching just below the knee, worn under kimono or as workwear. Now mostly historical or used in traditional settings.

• 祖そ母ぼは着き物ものの下したに半はん股もも引ひきをはいていた。

  My grandmother wore knee-length underwear under her kimono.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、町ちょう人にんが半はん股もも引ひき姿すがたで走はしり回まわる場ば面めんがある。

  In period dramas, there are scenes where townspeople run around in half-length drawers.