カウボーイハット
かうぼーいはっと
noun
cowboy hat
1.
cowboy hat (the wide-brimmed felt or straw hat traditionally worn by American cowboys)
A wide-brimmed hat with a tall crown, typically made of felt, leather, or straw, originally worn by cowboys in the western United States. In Japan the word denotes both the actual western hat and any costume hat in that style — for example at theme parks, Halloween, or country-music events.
カウボーイハットをかぶる。
I put on a cowboy hat.
彼は大きなカウボーイハットをかぶっていた。
He was wearing a big cowboy hat.
ハロウィンのために茶色いカウボーイハットを買った。
I bought a brown cowboy hat for Halloween.
アメリカ西部の映画に出てくる男はたいていカウボーイハットをかぶっている。
The men who appear in American Western movies are usually wearing cowboy hats.
カウボーイハット is a transparent loanword from English "cowboy hat." It refers to the wide-brimmed hat associated with American cowboys and the Western (cowboy) genre, but the word is used very broadly in Japan — for any hat in that recognizable style, including children's costume hats.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- カウボーイハットをかぶる: to put on / wear a cowboy hat
- カウボーイハットを脱ぐ: to take off a cowboy hat
- 茶色いカウボーイハット: a brown cowboy hat
- 革のカウボーイハット: a leather cowboy hat
- カウボーイハットをかぶった男: a man wearing a cowboy hat
RELATED TERMS:
- カウボーイ: cowboy
- 帽子: hat (general term)
- ハット: hat (especially brimmed hats; loanword)
- キャップ: cap (e.g., baseball cap)
- ウエスタン: western (style / genre)
- テンガロンハット: ten-gallon hat (a closely related type, often used interchangeably)
USAGE NOTES:
- The verb for putting a hat on is かぶる, never 着る (着る is for clothing worn on the body); for taking it off use 脱ぐ.
- カウボーイハット and テンガロンハット both refer to wide-brimmed Western-style hats; テンガロンハット is more specific to the very tall-crowned style and is often used loosely as a synonym.