Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 下駄(げた) in Japanese

下駄
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
げた
Romaji
geta
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    geta; Japanese wooden clogs
    Example sentence
    この案件をどう処理するか、君に下駄を預けるよ。 I'm just going to leave it up to him to figure out how to clean up this mess.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

Examples of 下駄, げた in a sentence

Kanji in this word

駄 JLPT 1

14 strokes

burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse

On'Yomi: ダ, タ

Kun'Yomi:

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下 JLPT 5

3 strokes

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

On'Yomi: カ, ゲ

Kun'Yomi: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる

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