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衣装戸棚 (ishoutodana) Japanese meaning: wardrobe | Kotomora

衣い装しょう戸と棚だな

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しょ

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だ

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Meanings

1

wardrobe; closet

rare term

Rare term for a wardrobe or closet; more commonly expressed as 洋服ダンス or クローゼット in modern Japanese.

古ふるい家いえには衣い装

しょう

戸と

棚だな

が

備そな

え

付つ

け

られ

て

い

た

。

The old house had a built-in wardrobe.

Kanji

衣garment, clothes, dressing
装attire, dress, pretend
戸door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
棚shelf, ledge, rack

Related words

洋よう服ふくダンス
Common modern term for a wardrobe or chest of drawers for clothes.
クローゼット
Common modern loanword for a closet or wardrobe.

Built from

衣い装しょう+戸と棚だな

Etymology

Compound of 衣装 (clothing) and 戸棚 (cupboard). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is rare and may be a direct combination of these elements.