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cooking smock; kitchen apron with sleeves
A traditional Japanese garment worn over clothes while cooking or doing housework. Unlike a Western apron, it has long sleeves and covers the torso and arms, tying at the back.
割烹着を着て料理する。
I cook wearing a cooking smock.
祖母はいつも白い割烹着を身につけていた。
My grandmother always wore a white cooking smock.
割烹着は袖まで覆うので、服が汚れる心配がない。
A cooking smock covers all the way to the sleeves, so there's no worry about getting your clothes dirty.
A full-coverage garment with sleeves, traditionally white, worn over a kimono or regular clothing while cooking or cleaning. Distinguished from a standard apron (エプロン) by having sleeves and wrapping around the entire upper body.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 割烹着を着る: to put on a cooking smock
- 割烹着を脱ぐ: to take off a cooking smock
- 白い割烹着: white cooking smock
CULTURAL NOTE:
Strongly associated with the image of a traditional Japanese homemaker or grandmother. The garment became iconic when 割烹着 was adopted as the uniform of women's volunteer organizations during and after WWII. Today it is less commonly worn in everyday life but remains culturally recognizable.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- エプロン: apron — Western-style, typically covers only the front and has no sleeves