靴くつ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

shoe; footwear

General term for shoes, boots, and other footwear. Covers everything from sneakers to formal shoes.

新あたらしい靴くつを買かいました。
I bought new shoes.
家いえに入はいる前まえに靴くつを脱ぬいでください。
Please take off your shoes before entering the house.

Written forms

靴くつUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for shoes and footwear.
くつUsage4%
沓くつUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in older texts.
クツUsage2%
履くつUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in older texts.
鞋くつUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in older texts.

Kanji

靴shoes
沓shoes, boots
履perform, complete, footgear
鞋straw sandals

Similar words

スニーカー
Specifically sneakers or athletic shoes, a subset of 靴.
ブーツ
Boots; 靴 can also mean boots, but ブーツ is more specific.
下げ駄た
Traditional wooden clogs; a type of footwear but distinct from modern 靴.

Etymology

The kanji 靴 is a phono-semantic compound with 革 (leather) and 化 (change), originally referring to leather footwear. The reading くつ is a native Japanese word of uncertain origin.

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