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Houseshoe vs Genkan - What's the difference?

houseshoe | genkan |

As nouns the difference between houseshoe and genkan

is that houseshoe is slippers, moccasins, and other warm footwear not appropriate for use outdoors while genkan is the entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and house shoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house.

houseshoe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Southern US) slippers, moccasins, and other warm footwear not appropriate for use outdoors.
  • Your father houseshoes are stinky, we should get him some new loafers instead.

    genkan

    English

    (wikipedia genkan)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and house shoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house
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