1.
chest of drawers; storage chest
From English "chest." In Japanese it means a piece of storage furniture — most often a chest of drawers for clothes, sometimes a lidded box. It is not used for the human chest, which is 胸.
Compounds
Similar words
- たんす: traditional Japanese chest of drawers — the older, more common word
- 収納ケース: storage case — usually plastic boxes rather than furniture
Watch out
Do not use チェスト for the part of the body. The chest of a person is 胸; チェスト in a fitness or clothing-size context refers to the chest measurement, not the body part itself.