Hats and accessories
Collocations, Stage 4chunk 14 of 25Clothes & wearing
The rest of what you wear, each with its own verb: a hat is pulled on with kaburu, a ring and a tie just take suru, perfume goes on with tsukeru.
- boushi o kaburuwear / put on a hat
- yubiwa o suruwear a ring
- nekutai o suruwear a tie
- kousui o tsukeruwear / put on perfume
Mix-ups kaburu for anything over the head, suru for small worn items (as in masuku o suru), tsukeru for things put onto the body; a hat comes off with toru or nugu, a ring or tie with hazusu.
boushi o kaburu
polite boushi o kaburimasuwear / put on a hat
帽子をかぶる ぼうしをかぶる 帽子をかぶります
verbkaburu かぶるpull over or put on the headtypical 19% of boushi
trap Not boushi o kiru: anything pulled over the head (hat, cap, helmet, hood) takes kaburu.
Usually boushi kabutteru (has a hat on) or boushi kabutte (put your hat on). Casual speech drops o.
kyou boushi kabutteru ne.
Oh, you've got a hat on today.
今日帽子かぶってるね。
kyou wa boushi o kabuttemasu ne.
You're wearing a hat today.
今日は帽子をかぶってますね。
Off: boushi o toru or nugu. kaburu also means 'clash', as in yotei ga kaburu.
Same verb: kyappu (cap), herumetto (helmet), fuudo (hood)Learn alongside: fuku o kiru, kutsu o haku, kutsu o nugu, fuku o nugu, zubon o haku, fuku o kigaeru, masuku o suru, masuku o hazusu, megane o kakeru, megane o hazusu, yubiwa o suru, nekutai o suru, kousui o tsukeruMain list: -teru (Stage 1)
yubiwa o suru
polite yubiwa o shimasuwear a ring
指輪をする ゆびわをする 指輪をします
verbsuru するdo; with small worn items, have ontypical 10% of yubiwa
trap Not yubiwa o kiru: a ring, like a watch, mask or tie, takes suru (yubiwa shiteru).
Mostly heard as yubiwa shiteru (has a ring on) or shitenai, very often about a wedding ring: kekkon yubiwa shiteru. Casual speech drops o.
ano hito, kekkon yubiwa shiteru ne.
Oh, he's wearing a wedding ring.
あの人、結婚指輪してるね。
ano hito wa kekkon yubiwa o shitemasu ne.
He's wearing a wedding ring.
あの人は結婚指輪をしてますね。
Slipping one on is often yubiwa o hameru, the same verb as for gloves (tebukuro o hameru), and hameteru also means has one on; yubiwa o tsukeru is fine too, a little more formal. The finger takes ni: kusuriyubi ni yubiwa shiteru (has a ring on the ring finger). It comes off with hazusu.
Same verb: tokei (watch), piasu (earrings), nekkuresu (necklace), buresuretto (bracelet)Learn alongside: fuku o kiru, kutsu o haku, kutsu o nugu, fuku o nugu, zubon o haku, fuku o kigaeru, masuku o suru, masuku o hazusu, megane o kakeru, megane o hazusu, boushi o kaburu, nekutai o suru, kousui o tsukeruMain list: suru (Stage 1), -teru (Stage 1)
nekutai o suru
polite nekutai o shimasuwear a tie
ネクタイをする ネクタイをします
verbsuru するdo; with small worn items, have ontypical 17% of nekutai
trap Not nekutai o kiru: a tie takes suru, like a mask or a watch (nekutai shiteru). nekutai o shimeru is tying it, and shimeteru is also a slightly more formal 'has one on'. It comes off with hazusu or toru.
Mostly heard as nekutai shiteru (has a tie on) or, in dress-code talk, nekutai shinakute ii (no tie needed). Casual speech drops o.
kyou wa nekutai shinakute ii yo.
You don't need a tie today.
今日はネクタイしなくていいよ。
kyou wa nekutai o shinakute mo ii desu yo.
You don't need to wear a tie today.
今日はネクタイをしなくてもいいですよ。
Loosening it is nekutai o yurumeru; the summer kuuru bizu dress code means noo nekutai (no tie).
Same verb: tebukuro (gloves), tokei (watch), mafuraa (scarf), beruto (belt)Learn alongside: fuku o kiru, kutsu o haku, kutsu o nugu, fuku o nugu, zubon o haku, fuku o kigaeru, masuku o suru, masuku o hazusu, megane o kakeru, megane o hazusu, boushi o kaburu, yubiwa o suru, kousui o tsukeruMain list: suru (Stage 1), -teru (Stage 1), -nakute mo ii (Stage 3)
kousui o tsukeru
polite kousui o tsukemasuwear / put on perfume
香水をつける こうすいをつける 香水をつけます
verbtsukeru つけるattach, apply; put on (jewellery, perfume, cream)typical 24% of kousui
trap Not kousui o kiru: perfume takes tsukeru, the verb for anything applied or attached (earrings, a necklace, cream). kiru is only for clothes on the torso or whole body.
Heard as kousui tsuketeru? (are you wearing perfume?) or as a complaint, tsukesugi (too much). Casual speech drops o. tsuketeru means it's on, not that someone is putting it on now.
ii nioi, kousui tsuketeru?
You smell nice, are you wearing perfume?
いい匂い、香水つけてる？
ii kaori desu ne. kousui o tsuketeru n desu ka?
What a lovely scent. Are you wearing perfume?
いい香りですね。香水をつけてるんですか？
For spraying it on, kousui o kakeru is also common (12 corpus hits against 19 for tsukeru).
Same verb: piasu (earrings), nekkuresu (necklace), kuriimu (cream), kontakuto (contact lenses)Learn alongside: fuku o kiru, kutsu o haku, kutsu o nugu, fuku o nugu, zubon o haku, fuku o kigaeru, masuku o suru, masuku o hazusu, megane o kakeru, megane o hazusu, boushi o kaburu, yubiwa o suru, nekutai o suruMain list: -teru (Stage 1), -sugiru (Stage 4)