Footstool - Footstool

Japanese: 足代 - あししろ

〘Noun〙① = ashiba (footing) ② ※Konjaku (around 1120) 19 “Because it was a half-built house, large pieces of wood were tied horizontally to something called a footstool . ” ② = ashiba (footing) ① ※Haiku, Uzuragoromo (1727-79), later “A tobacco box can be used as a pillow, and even if you don’t strain sake into your hood, the base of a kotatsu table should suffice as a footstool.” ③ = ashiba (footing) ③ ※Nichiren Ibun – Chuinsho (1280) “The Buddha’s preaching of the entire sutra was a footstool for him to preach the Lotus Sutra.”

Ashi-dai [foot-slip]

〘 noun 〙 The cost of going out, commuting, etc.; transportation costs; car fare. ※Fugen (1936)〈Ishikawa Jun〉 Volume 7 "Haven't you run out of money for transportation? I have about that much."

A-shiro [footwork]

〘Noun〙 = Ashiba (foothold) ※Kanmon Gyoki - November 23, 1421 (28th year of the Oei era) "In the construction of the Hachiman Torii, _two footholds were used as footholds for the construction of the Hachiman Torii, and _both were made of _Japanese wood."

Ajiro [Ashishiro]

One of the surnames.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① ＝あしば（足場）②※今昔（1120頃か）一九「半作の家なれば、足代と云ふ物に上に大きなる木共(ども)を横様に結(ゆひ)付て置たりけるが」② ＝あしば（足場）①※俳諧・鶉衣（1727‐79）後「煙草箱は枕となるべく、頭巾に酒は漉(こ)さずとも、火燵(こたつ)のやぐらは足代に足りぬべし」③ ＝あしば（足場）③※日蓮遺文‐中陰書（1280）「仏一切経を説き給ひし事は法華経を説かせ給はんための足代也」