N21125/1725

草履ぞうり

obsolete readingnounnoun (generic)

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ぞうり

Meanings

zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals(explanation)

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは成人式せいじんしきに着物きものと草履ぞうりを合あわせて着きていた。

She wore a kimono paired with zori sandals at the coming-of-age ceremony.

草履ぞうりは鼻緒はなおが切きれやすいので、予備よびを持もっておくといい。

Since the thong of zori sandals breaks easily, it's good to carry a spare.

伝統的でんとうてきな草履ぞうりは竹たけの皮かわや畳表たたみおもてで作つくられることが多おおい。

Traditional zori sandals are often made from bamboo bark or tatami surface material.

茶道さどうの席せきでは草履ぞうりを脱ぬいで静しずかに入室にゅうしつする。

At a tea ceremony, one removes their zori sandals and enters the room quietly.

明治時代めいじじだいには洋靴ようかが普及ふきゅうする以前いぜん、草履ぞうりが広ひろく一般庶民いっぱんしょみんに用もちいられていた。

In the Meiji era, before Western shoes became widespread, zori sandals were widely used among ordinary people.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)