Shoes - Gesoku

Japanese: 下足 - げそく

〘Noun〙① To lower one's feet. To put one's feet down. ※Hokke Gisyo (before the 7th century) 1 "When a sage does something, _there _{is no} _single cause and effect, and it is only natural that it is a _necessary cause _and benefit. In other words, what is called putting on shoes and putting on _one's feet is _all part of the training hall." ② To take off, to wear shoes . ※Haiku master (1908)〈Takahama Kyoshi〉58 "Even as I received my shoes, I was in a trance and my mind felt as if it was flying to the edge of the light." ③ An abbreviation of "gesokuban (shoe attendant)." ※Yomiuri Shimbun - April 23, 1893 (Meiji 26) "In either case, according to the old local custom, the people employed to serve tea and take out shoes were free from the village." ④ An abbreviation of "gesokuryo (shoe fee)." ※Comedy book, Shichihenjin (1857-63) 4 "It is said that while he was sightseeing on a clay boat on Kachikachiyama, he had his shoes stolen for 8 mon."

Sage-ashi [shoes]

〘 noun 〙 In business relationships, the value of the property being bought, sold, or traded is in a downward trend.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 足をさげること。足を、下におろすこと。※法華義疏（７Ｃ前）一「夫聖人所為、非_レ無_二因縁_一、必因_レ遣可_レ利故然也。即所謂下足挙足、皆従_二道場_一来也」② ぬいだ、はきもの。※俳諧師（1908）〈高浜虚子〉五八「下足(ゲソク)を受取り乍らも恍惚として心は小光の辺に飛ぶといったやうな心持で」③ 「げそくばん（下足番）」の略。※読売新聞‐明治二六年（1893）四月二三日「いづれも土地の旧習として茶汲及び下足等の雇人は無料なる村内の者を用ゐ」④ 「げそくりょう（下足料）」の略。※滑稽本・七偏人（1857‐63）四「かちかち山の土船で見物して居て、下足を八文とられたとよ」