はなお

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鼻緒花緒

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”)

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
“はなお”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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