indoor shoes; hallway slippers
Shoes worn inside buildings, especially in Japanese schools and some traditional establishments, where outdoor shoes are removed at the entrance. Often contrasted with 下履き (outdoor shoes).
See also: 下履き
At school, we change into indoor shoes.
I forgot my indoor shoes, so I borrowed some slippers.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana spelling, sometimes used for clarity.
Abbreviated spelling, common in signs and labels.
Compound of 上 (うわ, 'upper, indoor') and 履き (はき, 'footwear', from 履く 'to put on footwear').