To Put On Shoes
To Put On Pants, To Put On Boots
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means boots, but "to boots" doesn't make sense. What actions do you do with boots, though, usually? You put them on. That's why this word is to put on shoes (or boots, I guess). It's also to put on pants, probably because it's all kind of the same motion, no?
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: You decide to put on shoes. That will teach Mrs. Chou and her streets! "HA (は) HA HA!" you laugh out loud like a maniac.
ゆかたを着て、下たを履きました。
I wore yukata and put on some geta.
くつ下を履かずにスニーカーを履かないで！スニーカーがくさくなるって何度言ったら分かるの？
Don't put sneakers on without socks! The sneakers will stink. How many times do I have to tell you this?
道路上のウンチを踏まないようにするために、人々がハイヒールを履き始めたって知ってた？
Did you know that people started wearing high heels in order to avoid stepping on poop in the streets?