zori

IPA: zˈɔri

noun

  • A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
  • (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
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Examples of "zori" in Sentences

  • In menny plaizez zori, oar flipflopz iz cawled thongz .
  • I’ll post when I make the wood stain zori and let you know how it goes.
  • Da Kine hapa Prez talk good story and wear zori slipper like a good local boy.
  • They wore black hakama kendo trousers and jackets and black tabi over black tabi socks, which isolated the big toe so they could wear the zori sandals.
  • They wore work boots or high-heels instead of the traditional zori (sandals); tied the obi sash in the front instead of the back; and wore a blouse underneath a short kimono that barely covered the knees.
  • Moments later an ancient Rolls-Royce pulls up front and a bride dressed in a extravagantly decorated Shinto wedding dress climbs out and steps slowly through the lobby, carefully balanced on her wooden zori.
  • Each evening, before retiring, the careful wife sees that a hocho, or kitchen knife, is laid upon the kitchen floor, and covered with a kanadarai, or brazen wash - basin, on the upturned bottom of which is placed a single straw sandal, of the noiseless sort called zori, also turned upside down.

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