草履: 59 Terms and Phrases

• 草履
• zori (Japanese footwear sandals)
• Zōri

• 草履虫
• paramecium

• 藁草履
• straw zori

• 大草履
• Oozori

• 上草履
• indoor sandals
• slippers

• ゴム草履
• rubber thongs
• rubber flip-flops

• 草履取り
• servant in charge of footwear

• 麻裏草履
• hemp-soled sandals

• 化け草履
• Bakezori (apparition turning into thonged sandals)
• Bakezōri

• 草履と健康
• Zori and health

• 草履の種類
• Types of zori

• 冷や飯草履
• crudely made zori with straw fastenings

• 清姫草履塚
• Kiyohimezouriduka

• 下駄 足駄 草履 雪駄
• Geta (Japanese wooden sandals), Ashida (wooden clogs), Zori (Japanese straw sandals), Setta(Japanese leather-soled sandals)

• 日本人が草履と共に着用する
• worn with thong sandals by the Japanese

• 夏河を越すうれしさよ手に草履
• The joy of crossing/a river in summer/sandals in hand

• 草履を履くときは畳表のものを履く。
• Zori should be made of tatami straw.

• 草履（ぞうり）は、日本の伝統的な履物の一つ。
• Zori are a sandal-like type of Japanese traditional footwear.

• 足には5枚重ねの草履を履き、手に尺八を持つ。
• Thick woven reed sandals were worn on the feet and a Shakuhachi was held in the hands.

• 初代中村鴈治郎は十次郎の出で、草履の裏に血糊をつけた。
• 1st Ganjiro NAKAMURA played Jujiro and he put bloodstains on his zori (Japanese sandals).

• 水木しげるの著書においてはこれが化け草履の逸話とされている。
• A Shigeru MIZUKI's book suggests that the story is considered to be an anecdote of zori which turned into a soul.

• 草履の種類はいくつかあるが、現代では「革草履」が主流である。
• There are several types of zori, and today kawa zori (leather zori) are the most popular kind.

• 九十九年使われた草履に魂が宿り、百年目に妖怪と化したとされる。
• It is said that a soul came to dwell on a zori used for 99 years and on the 100th anniversary, it became yokai.

• その時、達磨は一隻履、つまり草履を片方だけを手にしていたという。
• At the time, Daruma was holding issekibaki, or one of a pair of sandals, in his hand.

• 日本の伝統的な履物である草履・下駄・雪駄などを履く際に用いられる。
• A pair of tabi is used when wearing zori (Japanese sandals), geta (Japanese wooden foot gear) or setta (zori with leather used on the sole).

• 最近では浴衣に足袋をはいて草履や雪駄を履くこともしばしば見られる。
• Recently, you may often see people wearing yukata with tabi (Japanese digitated socks) and zori (Japanese sandals) or setta (Japanese sandals with leather soles).

• 化け草履（ばけぞうり）は、日本に伝わる付喪神の一種で、草履の妖怪。
• Bakezori' is one of Tsukumogami (the spirits of discarded object) and a yokai (apparition) of zori (thonged sandals).

• 雪駄（せった）、下駄（げた）、草履（ぞうり）、草鞋（わらじ）、かんじき
• Setta (Japanese traditional sandals), Geta (Japanese wooden sandals), Zori (Japanese footwear sandals), Waraji (straw sandals), and Kanjiki (snow-shoes)

• 学校納入用では奈良県の三郷町で生産される製品、健康草履「ミサトっ子」がある。
• Zori for schoolchildren are manufactured in Misato-machi, Nara Prefecture under the name 'Misatokko.'

• 草履はスニーカーなど靴の変形進化した履物と比較して足腰の安定、強化や美脚に良い。
• Zori are better at providing stability and strengthening physique or forming beautiful legs than modern footwear like sneakers.

• 草履などは靴・スニーカーなどと違い足を包み込まず開放的で足そのものが幅広く成長する。
• Since zori do not enclose the foot, unlike shoes or sneakers, the foot can grow wider.

• 正装で用いられるような高級品は底を重ねて厚みを持たせてあり、「何枚草履」などと呼んだ。
• High-quality zori worn with formal attire had thick soles made by putting several soles together and were called 'nanmai zori.'

• 彼らは武士身分ではなく、武家に雇われて、槍持ち、草履取りなどの雑用をこなす者たちである。
• They were not samurais but servants of the samurais, performing odd jobs such as carrying their masters' lances, and taking care of their masters' shoes.

• 男性用で、厚みのない台の裏に牛革やウレタンゴムを張り、鼻緒を据えた四角い草履を雪駄という。
• Setta are a type of thin-soled square-shaped zori for men, with an outsole of bull leather or urethane rubber and a hanao.

• 良く似た形状のリゾート用の履物にビーチサンダルがあり、それを指して「草履」という場合もある。
• Similar-looking footwears for beach resorts include beach sandals, which are sometimes called 'zori.'

• 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.

• しかし、原典の『聴耳草紙』では単に「履き物」とのみ述べられており、草履かどうかという疑問が残る。
• However, there is a question whether the footwear was zori or not, because the original text of 'kikimimi soshi' did not describe the footwear as zori.

• - 唐傘お化け・提灯お化け・化け蟹・化け銀杏の霊・化け草履・化け猫・化け火・化け古下駄などがある。
• - there are karakasa-obake (paper umbrella ghost), chochin-obake (lantern ghost), bake-gani (monster crab), bake-icho no rei (spirit of monster gingko), bake-zori (Japanese sandal monster), bake-neko (cat monster), bake-bi (fire monster), bake-furugeta (old wooden clog monster), etc.

• 加賀の大乗寺では、「安芸の物外」といわれ、寺の柱を持ち上げて下に藁草履を履かせるなど、凝ったいたずらをした。
• At Daijo-ji Temple in Kaga, he was said to be 'Aki no Motsugai,' and he made elaborate mischief, for example, he lifted up a pillar of the temple and made it wear a straw sandal.

• 最近では鼻緒付きの履物が足の鍛練に効果があるという意見から、子供らに下駄や草履をはかせることが注目されている。
• Due to the idea that footwear with hanao is beneficial for development of the legs, having kids wear geta or zori is attracting attention.

• 寺役に従事する者は結髪せず、長い髪を垂らしたいわゆる大童であり、履物も草履をはいた子供のような姿であったため童子と呼ばれた。
• Those who engaged in the temple chores had their hair hanging loose, were disheveled; and were like children wearing sandals, so they were called Doji (a child).

• 妖怪漫画家・水木しげるによる妖怪画では、大きな草履に手足が生え、鼻緒の付近に目玉が一つと、その下に口がある妖怪として描かれている。
• In a yokai cartoonist, Shigeru MIZUKI's books, it is described as a yokai which has limbs coming from a big zori (thonged sandal), an eye near a thong, and a mouth below the eye.

• 畳の材料であるイグサ素材を編んだ古風な「畳表草履」は、歌舞伎などの舞台用か、ごく一部の男性用として見かける程度に過ぎず、現代では廃れてしまった。
• These days, tatami omote zori with insoles made of bulrush and resembling tatami mats are quite rare; they are only seen in kabuki or occasionally being worn by some men.

• 随員には騎馬・徒歩の武士の他、火縄銃、弓 (武器)などの足軽や道具箱や槍持ちなどの中間（人足）、草履取や医師などの大名身辺に仕える者たちが連なる。
• Attendants were consisted of warriors, horse-riding or on foot, ashigaru (common foot soldier) carrying matchlock gun or bow (arm), chugen (a rank below common soldier) (or ninsoku 〔coolie〕) carrying tool box or spear, and people who took care of daimyo such as zoritori (sandal bearer, equivalent to a batman) and doctors.

• で、芳一は草履をはき琵琶をもち、知らぬ人と一緒に出て行ったが、その人は巧者に芳一を案内して行ったけれども、芳一はよほど急ぎ足で歩かなければならなかった。
• Hoichi donned his sandals, took his biwa, and went away with the stranger, who guided him deftly, but obliged him to walk very fast.

• また、草履に似た形状で布や藁を素材とし、後部に足首に固定するための結び紐を付けた履物は草鞋（わらじ）と呼び、古くは労働などの日常作業用の履物として普及した。
• Also, footwear similar to zori and made of cloth or straw, with a strap on the heel to fix it to the ankle was called waraji, and was commonly worn in day to day work.

• 出入り口にあたる道には魔を防いだり、追い払うために道祖神が祀られたり、注連縄（または藁で作った蛇）を張ったり草履や草鞋が供えるなどの道切り行事が行われていた。
• During michikiri, where the road enters the village, Doso-shin (traveler's guardian deity) is enshrined, sacred shimenawa ropes (or sometimes snakes made of straw) are hung and 'zori' or 'waraji' sandals are offered to the gods in order to prevent or drive away evil spirits.

• 「青い着物を着、青い股引（ももひき）をはき、青い褌（ふんどし）をしめ、青い帯をしめ、ワラ草履（ぞうり）をはき、――生れて始めて、俺は「編笠（あみがさ）」をかぶった。
• 'I wore a blue kimono, blue momohiki (long underpants), blue fundoshi loincloth, blue belt, and straw sandals---and I wore 'amigasa' (a braided hat) for the first time in my life.

• 清洲城の普請奉行、台所奉行などを率先して引き受けて大きな成果をあげた草履取りのエピソードは有名だが、この辺りは史実の裏づけがあるわけではなく、俗説・伝説の域を出ない。
• There are several famous episodes in his sandal-bearer period, such as, he had voluntarily taken the position of the construction director of Kiyosu Castle, or food procurement director, and achieved great success with all of them; but these episodes have no historical evidences and seem to be just a legend.

• その内に懐（ふところ）の菓子包みが、邪魔になる事に気がついたから、それを路側（みちばた）へ抛（ほ）り出す次手（ついで）に、板草履（いたぞうり）も其処へ脱ぎ捨ててしまった。
• Noticing that the package of candies that he had stuck in his robe was getting in the way he threw it aside, and his wooden sandals soon followed that.

• 江戸時代に造られていた金剛草履（堅くて丈夫な草履という意味）は、2束で3文という売られ方をされていたことから、安価や投げ売りという意味で二束三文という言葉が生まれている。
• Kongo zori (strong, durable zori) made in the Edo period (1603-1868) were sold at three mon (an old unit of currency) for two pairs, giving rise to the expression 'nisokusanmon' (two pairs for three mon), meaning dirt cheap.

• 日本には緒を用いる履物として、足を乗せる部分に木の台を用いる下駄、草などの柔らかい材料を用いる草履（ぞうり）、踵まで覆い足から離れないように緒で結ぶ草鞋（わらじ）の3つがある。
• Japan has the following three kinds of footwear using O: Geta using a wooden base board as a part to put the feet on, Zori (Japanese footwear sandals) using soft materials such as grass, and Waraji (straw sandals) worn by covering the undersides of feet to the extent of heel, and tying the feet with O so as to prevent Waraji from separating from the feet.

• 真言宗では、法華経などの経典は応身の釈迦が説法したもので、大日経は法身の大日如来が説法したものであるとし「大日如来に比べれば釈迦は無明の辺域であり、草履取りにも及ばない」といっている。
• Shingon Buddhism maintains that all Buddhist sutras, including the Lotus Sutra, are teachings of Buddha as a mortal being except for the Great Sun Buddha Sutra (Dainichi kyo), which was preached by Mahavairocana Buddha (Great Sun Buddha, or Dainichi Nyorai in Japanese), the Buddha enlightened by eternal truth, and that the Buddha as a mortal being, who belongs to the realm of unenlightened existence, is inferior even to the servant of Mahavairocana Buddha.

• 江戸幕府の組織としての黒鍬(組)も三河国松平氏時代からの譜代の黒鍬から構成されており、若年寄支配で小者･中間として江戸城内の修築作業や幕府から出される諸令伝達や草履取り等の雑務に従事した。
• Kurokuwa also indicated the unit of kurokuwa (construction workers) which was one of the organizations of Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun,) consisting of kurokuwa who had been fudai (hereditary vassals) since the era of Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province and were in charge of repairing work in the Edo-jo Castle, transmission of orders issued by the bakufu, miscellaneous affairs such as zoritori (sandal bearer, equivalent to a batman,) and whose status was komono (a lower servant) or chugen (a rank below common soldier) under the control of wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in Edo bakufu).

• また、靴底の厚い高いスニーカーなどは草履に比べ履いた時の安定性が悪く、更に底が不均一に磨耗した場合、より傾きX脚やO脚,「ハの字」や「Vの字（逆ハの字）」歩きを誘発したり悪循環を助長すると考えられている。
• Sneakers with thick soles provide less stability than zori, and if the sole is worn out unevenly, they become even less stable, resulting in or worsening knock-knees, bow-legs, being hen-toed, or duck-footed.

• 8月7日 大仏お身拭い（大仏殿） 200人程の僧侶や関係者が、早朝より二月堂の湯屋で身を清め、白装束に藁草履姿で大仏殿に集合し、午前7時より撥遣作法が行われた後、全員でお経を唱え、年に一度の大仏さまの「お身拭い」を行なう。
• August 7: Great Buddha Ominugui (Great Buddha Hall): Approximately 200 Buddhist monks and others purify their bodies at the bath house of Nigatsu-do Hall from early morning and gather at the Great Buddha Hall in white clothing and straw sandals; after taking out the Great Buddha's soul, they chant together and clean his body.

• 手を引かれて幾箇かの石段を登ると、その一番最後（しまい）の段の上で、草履をぬげと云われ、それから女の手に導かれて、拭（ふ）き込んだ板鋪のはてしのない区域を過ぎ、覚え切れないほどたくさんな柱の角をり、驚くべきほど広い畳を敷いた床を通り――
• After he had been helped to mount several stone steps, upon the last of which he was told to leave his sandals, a woman's hand guided him along interminable reaches of polished planking, and round pillared angles too many to remember, and over widths amazing of matted floor,--

• 「守貞漫稿」には食品以外にもほうき、花、風鈴、銅の器、もぐさ、暦、筆墨、樽、おけ、たき付け用の木くず、ざる、蚊帳、草履、みのかさ、植木、小太鼓、シャボン玉、金魚、鈴虫・松虫などの昆虫、錦鯉など日用品や子供のおもちゃ、果てはペットを商う振売も紹介されている。
• In addition to the food peddlers, the 'Morisadamanko' introduces other furiuri dealing with daily necessities including brooms, flowers, wind bells, copper containers, moxa, calendars, ink, barrels, tubs, kindling woodchips, baskets, mosquito nets, sandals, straw raincoats and hats, garden trees, small drums, soap bubbles, gold fish, insects such as bell cricket and pine cricket, varicolored golden carps as well as children's toys, and on top of that, pet peddlers are introduced.

• 和服を構成する要素には、肌襦袢（はだじゅばん）、長襦袢（ながじゅばん）、長着（ながぎ）、羽織（はおり）、伊達締め（だてじめ）、腰紐（こしひも）、帯（おび）、帯板（おびいた）、帯締（おびじめ）、袴（はかま）、足袋（たび）、草履（ぞうり）、下駄（げた）などがあるが、省略できるものもある。
• The full Wafuku attire is composed of Hadajuban or undergarment, Nagajuban or garment worn under kimono, Nagagi or ankle-length kimono, Haori or half coat, Datejime or thin stiff sash worn under Obi, Koshihimo or thin sashes tied to keep kimono in place, Obi or sash, Obiita or thin board inserted beneath women's Obi, Obijime or cloth belt worn over women's Obi, Hakama or trousers or pleated skirt worn over kimono, Tabi or split-toed socks, Zori or sandals, and Geta or clogs, some of which can be omitted.