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ジーパン

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パ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

jeans; dungarees

abbreviationusually written using kana alone

Common abbreviation of ジーンズパンツ (jeans pants). A wasei-eigo term widely used in everyday Japanese for denim jeans or dungarees.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from jeans pants

See also: ジーンズパンツ

今日きょうはジーパンをはいて学がっ校こう

に

行い

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た

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I wore jeans to school today.

そのジーパン、どこで買かったの？

Where did you buy those jeans?

Written forms

ジーパンUsage75%
Standard katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
ＧパンUsage25%
Kanji-like abbreviation using the letter G; attested but very uncommon in modern writing. Learners will almost always see the katakana form.

Similar words

ジーンズ
ジーンズ is a direct loan from English 'jeans' and is also very common. ジーパン is a wasei abbreviation of ジーンズパンツ and feels slightly more casual or old-fashioned to some speakers, but both are widely understood.

Etymology

Wasei-eigo abbreviation of ジーンズパンツ (jeans pants). The exact derivation is straightforward; the term has been in common use since the mid-20th century.