肉にく襦袢じゅばん

noun

flesh-colored leotards

A theatrical costume piece, primarily used in kabuki, that gives the illusion of nudity. The reading にくじゅばん is more common than にくじばん.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きでは、役やく者しゃが肉にく襦袢じゅばんを着きて肌はだを見みせているように見みせる。

  In kabuki, actors wear flesh-colored leotards to give the appearance of bare skin.

• あの舞ぶ台たいで使つかわれた肉にく襦袢じゅばんはとても精せい巧こうにできていた。

  The flesh-colored leotards used in that stage production were very intricately made.