......pants and jacket
 

Hey everybody,
I figure there must be someone floating around here that would know the answer to this question I've been trying to answer for ever now (ok, like 4 or 5 months). Is there seperate terms, in Japanese for thr dogi top and dogi bottom.
Yep, thats about it. Thanks!
Osu!
~Adam

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Terms I have heard here:
Top = uwagi (jacket)
Bottoms = zubon (trousers).

In the local MA equipment store, top = ue, bottons = shita.

Re: ......pants and jacket
 

Thanks!
Osu!
~Adam

Re: ......pants and jacket
 

~~In my first dojo, long ago, they used the terms:

Jacket--uwagi
Pants--shitagi

:ai: :ki:

Re: ......pants and jacket
 

Was that in Japan? Shitagi is pretty much universally used over here to refer to underwear. Even when it doesn't refer to garments worn directly against the skin (i.e., t-shirt and/or undershorts) it refers to clothing worn underneath an outer layer, and not something worn around the legs.

I won't say it wouldn't ever be used in that context, but I'd advise caution when using it, Adam. Like, wait for a native Japanese to use it in that manner first. If nothing else, it seems a bit out-of-date.

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When I was in Japan that was what I heard and used as well.

Re: ......pants and jacket
 

~~Could very well be out of date and yes, we were told it meant 'underwear' :D . It's what was worn beneath the hakama. Thanks for the current clarification!~~

Re: ......pants and jacket
 

zubon (pants), and uwagi ( Jacket) is how I know it. ( I live in Japan )