はなお

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鼻緒花緒

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鼻緒

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”, possibly in reference to the front end of a sandal?) +‎ 緒 (o, “cord, string, thong”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

First cited to a text from the 1400s.^[5]

はなお • (hanao) ^{←はなを (fanawo)^?}

[from mid-1400s] the thong of a geta or sandal, the vertical portion of the strap that goes between the toes
Synonyms: 前緒 (maeo, literally “front thong”), 前壺 (maetsubo, literally “front point”)
[date uncertain] (more generally) the thong and straps of a geta or sandal
Synonyms: 緒 (o, “cord, string, thong, strap”), (rare) 横緒 (yoko-o, literally “side strap”)

鼻緒擦(はなおず)れ (hanaozure, “a blister or abrasion between one's toes or on the top of the foot, caused by the rubbing of the thong or straps on a geta or sandal”)

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