仕立(した)て

したて
noun
tailoring, making
1. tailoring, sewing, dressmaking
The craft of making or altering clothing, or the quality/style of how a garment is made.
この服(ふく)は仕立(した)てがいい。
This garment is well-tailored.
スーツをオーダーメイドで仕立(した)てた。
I had a suit custom-tailored.
母(はは)は着物(きもの)の仕立(した)てを長年(ながねん)やっている。
My mother has been doing kimono tailoring for many years.
2. setup, arrangement, styling
The way something is prepared, arranged, or presented. Used for how things are organized or made to appear.
クイズ仕立(した)ての番組(ばんぐみ)だ。
It's a program set up in a quiz format.
物語(ものがたり)仕立(した)てで歴史(れきし)を紹介(しょうかい)する。
Introduce history in a narrative format.
ミステリー仕立(した)ての映画(えいが)で、最後(さいご)まで犯人(はんにん)がわからなかった。
It was a movie done in a mystery style, and I couldn't figure out the culprit until the end.

The verb form is 仕立(した)てる (to tailor, to make up). The noun 仕立(した)て refers to the result or quality of the making.

Common collocations

  • 仕立(した)てがいい (well-tailored)
  • 仕立(した)て屋(や) (tailor, dressmaker)
  • オーダーメイドの仕立(した)て (custom tailoring)
  • 〜仕立(した)て (in the style of ~, formatted as ~)

Sense 2 is used as a suffix: 〜仕立(した)て means "done in the style of" or "set up as." This usage is common in entertainment, publishing, and food descriptions (e.g., 洋風(ようふう)仕立(した)て, Western-style preparation).

Related Words

Compare: 既製服(きせいふく) (ready-made clothing)
Related: 洋裁(ようさい) (dressmaking)
Compare: 和裁(わさい) (Japanese-style sewing)
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Added 2026.2.18 3:36 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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