How do you say "dress shirt" in Japanese?

ワイシャツ is romanised as waishatsu. Say it roughly like "wah-ee-shah-tsoo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

ワイシャツ is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.

ワイシャツ is written using katakana. Waishatsu is katakana from 'white shirt', historically referring to formal dress shirts..

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