下駄 (geta)
geta (Japanese footwear),wooden clogs
- JLPT N2
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Meaning
下駄 (げた, geta) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “geta (Japanese footwear),wooden clogs”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
下駄は素足に履くものです
Japanese wooden sandals are worn barefoot.
-下駄を蹴り上げて落ちた形で占う。
Kicking up Geta, and forecast the weather based on the shape of how the Geta fall down.
下駄の歯は2本だが「一本歯下駄」も存在する。
Geta usually have two teeth, but 'Geta with one tooth' also exist.
この案件をどう処理するか、君に下駄を預けるよ。
I'll leave it up to you to decide how to handle this matter.
履物は、サンダル、靴、草履、下駄のいずれでもよい。
The footwear may be either a sandal, a shoe, a Japanese sandal, or a clog.
下駄の鼻緒を直している暇があるなら裸足で行け、など。
If you have time to fix the strap of your geta, go barefoot.
「先刻も人の頭にうどんを掛けたり、下駄を載せたり、無法と言おうか。」
You dumped noodles over a person's head, placed a clog on a warrior's head, how outrageous.'
そのため、この「履き物」が草履かどうかは定かではなく、草履ではなく下駄の話だとする指摘もある。
Therefore, while no one is certain that the footwear means zori, some suggest that the footwear was geta (clogs) instead of zori.