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下駄 (げた): (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs — Japanese vocabulary

下駄 is read げた and means "(Japanese footwear), wooden clogs". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

下駄

Reading
げた · geta
Translation
(Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
げたが

Example

下駄を突っかけて表に飛び出した。

げたをつっかけてひょうにとびだした。

I slipped on my geta and dashed outside.

Kanji in this word

  • 下 — down, below
  • 駄 — Burdensome, Pack Horse, Horse Load

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