洋よう服ふくダンス

also: ようふくタンス · ようふくだんす · ようふくたんす

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Meanings

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noun

wardrobe; chest of drawers; dresser

A piece of furniture for storing clothes, especially Western-style clothing. Often a tall chest with drawers and sometimes a hanging section. The word ダンス here is derived from English 'dance' but used in Japanese to mean a chest or cabinet.

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母ぼ

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家いえ

に

は

古ふる

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洋よう

服ふく

ダンス

が

ある

。

There is an old wardrobe at my grandmother's house.

新あたらしい洋よう服ふくダンスを買かうために家か具ぐ屋やに行いった。

I went to a furniture store to buy a new chest of drawers.

Kanji

洋ocean, sea, foreign
服clothing, admit, obey
箪bamboo rice basket
笥lunch box, clothes chest

Related words

タンス
タンス alone is a general chest of drawers, not specifically for clothes. 洋服ダンス explicitly indicates a wardrobe for Western clothes.
クローゼット
クローゼット is a built-in closet, while 洋服ダンス is a movable piece of furniture.

Written forms

洋よう服ふくダンス
Most common spelling; ダンス is from English 'dance' but here means 'chest' or 'wardrobe'.
洋よう服ふくタンス
Variant with タンス in katakana; less common but seen.
洋服箪笥
- ようふくだんす
  Kanji spelling using 箪笥 for 'tansu'; rare and somewhat formal.
- ようふくたんす
洋よう服ふくだんす
Mixed kana spelling; used when avoiding katakana or kanji.

Etymology

From 洋服, “Western-style clothes,” and 箪笥, “chest or wardrobe,” whose usual kana spelling is ダンス here.

洋よう

服ふく

たんす

All-hiragana variant of タンス; less common but readable.

ようふくたんす

ようふくだんす

ようふくタンス