ふんどし

noun

fundoshi; loincloth

Traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton, worn wrapped around the waist and between the legs. Still used in festivals, sumo, and some traditional settings.

• 祭まつりでは、男おとこたちがふんどし姿すがたで神輿みこしを担かつぐ。

  At the festival, men carry the portable shrine wearing fundoshi.

• 祖そ父ふは昔むかし、毎まい日にちふんどしを締しめていたと言いっていた。

  My grandfather said he used to wear a fundoshi every day.

noun

kimono underskirt

Only with reading ふんどし / ふどし

A type of underskirt or wrap worn under a kimono; similar to a koshimaki (腰巻). This sense is restricted to the readings ふんどし and ふどし.

See also: 腰巻き

• 昔むかしの女じょ性せいは、着き物ものの下したにふんどしのような腰こし巻まきを着つけていた。

  Women in the past wore a koshimaki-like underskirt under their kimono.

noun

sumo wrestler's ornamental apron

Only with reading ふんどし / ふどし

In sumo, a decorative apron-like garment worn by wrestlers during ceremonies. This sense is restricted to the readings ふんどし and ふどし.

• 力りき士しは土ど俵ひょう入いりのとき、豪ごう華かなふんどしを着つける。

  Sumo wrestlers wear an ornate fundoshi during the ring-entering ceremony.