noun
string bikini; g-string; thong
Refers to underwear or swimwear with a thin string-like back, often exposing the buttocks. The term is a blend of 紐 (string) and パンツ (underwear/pants).
彼女はビーチで紐パンツの水着を着ていた。
She was wearing a string bikini at the beach.
紐パンツは下着のラインが出にくいので人気がある。
Thongs are popular because they don't show panty lines.
Traditional Japanese loincloth; 紐パンツ is modern Western-style underwear, not a traditional garment.
Compound of 紐 (himo, 'string') and パンツ (pantsu, 'underwear/pants'). A modern wasei-eigo coinage.