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TerenceLau (Offline)
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10-01-2011, 10:54 AM

How would you say "pants"?

I've learned the word ズボン but not all pants are trousers. There are a few instances when I say パンツ to Japanese customers, they would deny and say that they aren't looking for underwear. I looked up "pants" on jisho.org and it gave me a bunch of entries for different types of pants; like ~パンツ. I wonder, must I be fully descriptive about pants when I don't have the physical item in my hands to play "show and tell" with my customers?