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鞋: straw sandals (in 草鞋)
straw sandals (in 草鞋)
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鞋 appears mostly in 草鞋 (わらじ), straw sandals; the idiom 二足の草鞋 means holding two jobs at once.
Key words
草鞋わらじstraw sandals
二足の草鞋にそくのわらじwearing two hats; two jobs
草鞋虫わらじむしwoodlouse
Example sentences
昔の旅人は、道中で何足もの草鞋を履きつぶした。
Travelers of old wore out many pairs of straw sandals along the way.
彼は医者と作家の二足の草鞋を履いて活躍している。
He is thriving wearing two hats, as both a doctor and a writer.
植木鉢をどけると、草鞋虫が慌てて逃げ出した。
When I moved the flowerpot, a woodlouse scurried away in panic.