Zori vs Nori - What's the difference?
zori | nori |
Japanese sandals made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
* 1983 July, Tony Annesi, Dogu: Tools For the Way'', '' ,
* 1984 , Morgan Yamanaka, Morgan Yamanaka: Tule Lake'', John Tateishi (editor), ''And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps ,
* 1997 , Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha , 1998, Vintage, p. 25:
* 2008 , Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook ,
A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour, a flip-flop
A type of seaweed, laver, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.
As a noun zori
is japanese sandals made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.As a proper noun nori is
name of a.zori
English
Noun
(en-noun)page 70,
- Zori' should be left at the edge of the training area so they can easily be stepped into. In Western dojo, this is sometimes impractical, but ' zori should at least be put on as soon as possible after leaving the training area.
page 117,
- and they had a machine gun aimed at us, and we stood in the snow for three, four, five hours in our underwear and zoris .
- She took a while getting her crooked feet into her zori , but finally turned toward Mr. Tanaka and gave him a look he seemed to understand at once, because he left the room, closing the door behind him.
page 14,
- Traditionally, zori' are worn to and from the place of practice. ' Zori are similar to flip-flops and used to be made from straw.
