I know it's for accessories that don't fall under head,torso and legs portion of the body. Shouldn't underwear (パンツ) be used with はく？
I saw it in a J-drama where a girl says パンツがつけてない to make the guy get a nosebleed.
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4Are you sure she said 「パンツがつけてない」, not 「パンツをつけてない」? – Chocolate♦ Dec 31 '17 at 10:16
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The normal verb for パンツ is はく. パンツをつける is highly unnatural, but パンツを身につける is acceptable (although wordy). I think you have misheard something.
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No mishearing took place. Just a recollection difference from ga to wa and the noun was diff which has no effect on the meaning. newasiantv.io/watch/tamiou-episode-3-engsub.592.8373.html at the 45:30 mark. ”下着はつけたない”。 – shoryuu Jan 1 '18 at 10:55
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^ shoryuu「下着はつけていないのよ」って言ってますよね・・・「パンツがつけてない」とはえらい違いですが・・・。 You know は replaces を, right? 「下着をつける」(not 「下着がつける」)→「下着はつけていない」... and 下着 includes ブラジャーとか... – Chocolate♦ Jan 1 '18 at 16:46
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I didn't know は replaces を but I を know が replaces を. Oh hey, now they all can replace each other lol. Good point about underwear being a blanket term. So つけていない is fine with brassiere (which we think is being referred to) as compared to with panties then? – shoryuu Jan 1 '18 at 18:10
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So you are saying a general word is fine to use つける？So if I was just generally talking about ふく i can use つける with it too? Like "humans wear clothes in our society (私たちの社会には各人は服をつける）" Is this just a contraction of your身につける without the 身に? – shoryuu Jan 2 '18 at 4:27
