靴（くつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: shoes
Example sentences
- 日本では玄関で靴を脱ぐ。 — In Japan, you take off your shoes at the entrance.
- 新しい靴を履いて出かけた。 — I put on new shoes and went out.
Idioms & proverbs containing “靴”
- 靴新しと雖も首に加えず (くつあたらしといえどもくびにくわえず) — there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head
- 隔靴掻痒 (かっかそうよう) — being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “靴” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)