How to say "hand-me-down" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- お下がりおさがりnounCovers clothes and other items passed down from an older sibling or relative, with a nuance of receiving something from a senior. A younger child wearing a brother's outgrown clothes is a typical case.
- 吊しつるしnounA less common word whose core sense is ready-made, off-the-rack clothing, also covering secondhand clothes; its hand-me-down sense is secondary, so it is seldom the word you want for "hand-me-down".
Choose 「お下がり」 for clothes or belongings passed down from an older sibling or relative; 「吊し」 is chiefly a word for ready-made, off-the-rack clothing, with hand-me-down only a secondary sense.
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