コートkooto
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- nouncoat
- nouncoating
- SynonymオーバーCasualColloquial short form of 「オーバーコート」 with a Shōwa-era old-fashioned ring; used alone it usually means exceeding or exaggerating, not a coat.
- SynonymオーバーコートNeutralLoanword for the long, heavy coat worn outermost against the cold; more strongly suggests length and thickness than 「コート」.
- Synonym外套がいとうWrittenSino-Japanese word for a coat or overcoat; now sounds old-fashioned and appears mostly in literature, so it belongs to written prose.
For a coat or overcoat, 「コート」 is the default choice. Use 「オーバーコート」 for a long, thick cold-weather overcoat; 「外套」 is an old-fashioned literary word, and 「オーバー」 a dated colloquial short form.
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- 防寒着。


