Footwear
Shoes
noun
Remember how 履く is "to put on shoes" and 物 means "thing"? Well, combine them and you have a word for things you put on your feet — footwear or shoes, in other words.
You might know 履く is used for lots of different clothes worn below the waist, but be careful: 履き物 only refers to footwear and shoes.
This uses kun'yomi readings you learned with the vocab words 履く and 物. If you can remember those you'll be good to go.
履き物を履く
to put on footwear
履き物をそろえる
to line up footwear, to arrange footwear neatly (in an entryway, etc.)
履き物を着用する
to wear footwear
履き物を選ぶ
to choose footwear
ワニカニでレベルアップした日の履き物は、いつもより少し軽く感じる。
My shoes always feel a little lighter on WaniKani level-up days.
アマゾンから、注文より二足余計に履き物が送られてきました。
Amazon sent me two more pairs of shoes than I ordered.
「ここで履き物をぬいでください」と「ここでは着物をぬいでください」を平仮名で書くと全く同じになる。
When you write "Please take shoes off here" and "Please take kimonos off here" in hiragana, they look exactly the same.
日本語で、屋内の履き物は「上履き」、屋外の履き物は「外履き」と呼ばれます。
In Japanese, indoor footwear is called "uwabaki" and outdoor footwear is called "sotobaki."