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geta
[ get-uh; Japanese ge-tah ]
noun
plural geta, getas.
- a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of geta1
1880鈥85; < Japanese, perhaps by ellipsis from shita-geta, equivalent to shita below, under + -geta, combining form of keta slat, lath; or ge (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese 虫颈脿 below) + Japanese ( i ) ta board
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Example Sentences
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A few of the children were barefoot, a few of the boys wore geta, and the others wore straw sandals.
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鈥淚t looks better if your geta are too small,鈥 the Japanese woman dressing me said.
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The surreal air defined the entire presentation, as dancers moved by bending forward and back on Japanese 鈥済eta鈥 clogs.
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The surreal air defined the entire presentation, as dancers moved by bending forward and back on Japanese 鈥済eta鈥 clogs.
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It was a veritable thoroughfare of yukatas and getas, in an array of colors, on visitors young and old, shuffling, striding and practically skipping through the night.
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