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Worn with thong sandals by the Japanese
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tabi
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese [syn: tabis ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
are traditional Japanese socks dating back to the 15th century . Ankle-high and with a separation between the big toe and other toes, they are worn by both men and women with zori , geta , and other traditional thonged footwear. Tabi are also essential ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.
Usage examples of tabi.
He wore a dramatic black costume, with high tabi and a hood that allowed only his eyes to show.
They cut abruptly into a side aisle, the soles of their tabi giving them fair purchase on the slick, reflective floor.
They even checked the folds of their clothing and the soles of their tabi, searching for a fragment of glass from the Hall, but found none.
On her little feet she wears white tabi, socks of cotton cloth, with a separate place for the great toe, so as to allow the scarlet-covered thongs of the finely lacquered clogs, which she puts on when she stands on the stone steps to receive her guests, to pass between it and the smaller toes.
Women are dressed for burial in the silk robe worn on the marriage day, tabi are placed beside them or on their feet, and their hair usually flows loosely behind them.
My feet were covered in white tabi, split-toed socks, and I wore zori, the straw sandals of old Japan.
The Slaver Associations had offered a brick of gold called a tabi for him.
Katun was determined to collect that tabi and retire from the slave business.
In his neat, starched but ordinary kimono, new sun hat hanging by its thong on his back, new tabi and thongs, he was like the son of a prosperous merchant.
She wore white two-toed tabi socks and geta clogs, which gave her a slightly pigeon-toed stance that Gobi found quite charming.
They even checked the folds of their clothing and the soles of their tabi, searching for a fragment of glass from the Hall, but found none.