also: あんだーうえあ
noun
General term for undergarments, used in fashion and daily conversation. More common in Japanese than the native 下着 in some contexts, especially when referring to Western-style underwear.
新しいアンダーウェアを買いに行った。
I went to buy new underwear.
このアンダーウェアは肌触りがとてもいい。
This underwear feels very nice against the skin.
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'underwear'.
Variant katakana spelling; ウェ is sometimes written as ウエ.
Native Japanese word for underwear; more general and can include traditional Japanese undergarments. アンダーウェア is a loanword often used for Western-style underwear.
Borrowed from English 'underwear'.