It’s about 30 feet in length, can weigh up to 10 pounds, and should never, ever be approached from a downwind position. However, its followers are more and more numerous and are now working to give it back its letters of nobility. Strolling through some of the backstreets of the Tokyo district of Ryogoku, the heartland of sumo and home to the Ryogoku Sumo Hall, there is one thing that instantly catches your attention: The dozens of mawashi hanging outside the sumo training stables.

In fact, the English translation of " rokushaku" means "six shaku" which correspond to about 180 cm (although they can measure up to 300 cm).I started writing this article only about pantsu, but I decided to include the word panchira that went viral along with the word pantsu among otakus. In its literal translation, "fundoshi" means "loincloth" and was a Japanese men's undergarment widely worn in the Land of the Rising Sun until the arrival of American troops during World War II.

However, a few years ago, companies have started offering fundoshi for women somewhat resembling bikini bottoms. panmoro [パンモロ] also linked to panchira, the word I live means openly, which may indicate the glimpse of a panty on purpose. It spread to the point where it became very popular during World War II, before giving way to Western influence and the arrival of new men's underwear such as kangaroo briefs, boxer briefs, or boxers. It comes in many colors and styles, but for the longest time, no female fundoshi was available on the market.

Over the next few years, Western-style underwear became cheaper and more socially acceptable until every Japanese woman was wearing it. First we will talk about the history of panties in Japan, then you will realize that the words pantsu and panchira are important in this history and also have interesting curiosities in the Japanese language and in the history of Japan. Another word that became popular at the time was chirarizumu [チラリズ] which is literally seeing a woman's private parts. This ended up having an effect on the popularization of the term panchira that we are going to see now. Kimonos are quite heavy and large garments made up of multiple layers wrapped tightly around the body.

A hybrid between the rokushaku and the etchu, the wari fundoshi differs from these two forms in the slit in the length that starts from one end and measures about 50-60 cm. The world of fundoshi is populated by variants, which are sometimes themselves declined into other variants. It may seem strange, but we should look at pantsu as literally a bass piece, we shouldn't try to put genders in these Japanese words. Depending on the sentence or the context, pantsu can refer to shorts, culottes, trunks, and different types of women's pants or any garment that is on the bottom. The character [縞] means stripes or stripes, while pan [パン] is an abbreviation of pantsu [パンツ] that also appears in other popular terms related to panties in the Japanese language.This is the case with the " Shimekomi" which is worn on the Fukuoka side during the festival held in the Hakata district. Anime, manga, movies and other media end up popularizing this fetish even more, not to mention that school uniforms don't help.