long boots; rubber boots; wellingtons
Refers to boots that cover the calf or knee, often waterproof. In everyday Japanese, it commonly means rain boots (rubber boots), but can also refer to leather riding boots or fashion boots depending on context.
On rainy days, I go out wearing rubber boots.
Children's rain boots are often colorful.
half boots; ankle boots; fairly high shoes
waterproof long boots · waders
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ちょうか is rare and not used in modern Japanese.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes used for readability.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for children or when the kanji is not needed.
Compound of 長 (naga, 'long') + 靴 (kutsu, 'shoes'), with rendaku voicing of くつ to ぐつ. The reading ちょうか is the on'yomi reading, now rare.