ストッキング

ストッキング is a loanword from English 'stocking(s)'. In Japanese, it typically refers to pantyhose rather than thigh-high stockings.

Types

• パンティストッキング (pantyhose, often abbreviated パンスト)
• 膝下(ひざした)ストッキング (knee-high stockings)
• 網(あみ)ストッキング (fishnet stockings)

Common colors: 肌色(はだいろ)/ベージュ (nude/beige), 黒(くろ) (black), 白(しろ) (white).

Common collocations

• ストッキングを履(は)く (to put on stockings)
• ストッキングが伝線(でんせん)する (to get a run in stockings)
• ストッキングを脱(ぬ)ぐ (to take off stockings)

Cultural note

Wearing stockings is often considered proper business attire for women in Japanese workplaces, especially with skirts.