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パジャマ

pajamas; pyjamas

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Examples

  1. パジャマに着替えて寝ます。

    パジャマにきがえてねます。

    I change into pyjamas and go to bed.

  2. このパジャマはよく汗を吸収します。

    このパジャマはよくあせをきゅうしゅうします。

    These pajamas absorb sweat well.

  3. 子どもはパジャマ姿のままリビングに降りてきた。

    こどもはパジャマすがたのままリビングにおりてきた。

    The child came down to the living room still in pyjamas.

Common patterns

パジャマを着る
to wear pyjamas
パジャマに着替える
to change into pyjamas
パジャマ姿
in one's pyjamas

Memory tip

Western two-piece sleepwear; Japanese-style nightwear is 寝間着 or a 浴衣. Even though it has trousers, the verb for the set as a whole is 着る, not はく.

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