Footprints - Quick

Japanese: 足跡 - そくせき

〘noun〙① Footprints left on the ground. Footprints. The remains of one's passage. ※Takei Kiyoji (c. 1455) Title: Kosan Shokei "I went on _{a journey} with _my students. My footprints roamed _{the whole} _world . I could stay _at _a _hut or sail. There _{is no} _one who has _reached _that far."② The remains of a person's accomplishments. Achievements. ※"Ushosho" and others (1922) by Tsuchida Kyoson "No matter which page you turn, there is always the clear footprints of Noguchi, Shimazaki, and Nagai, all travelers through life."③ (━suru) To go out. To stretch one's legs. ※Darkest Tokyo (1893)〈Matsubara Iwagoro〉27 “I decided to take a rest and walked from Shinobugaoka to Kinryuzan, Bokutei Kameido, etc. , spending 30 sen on the car fare out of the small amount of money I spent that day.”

ashi-ato [footprints]

〘noun〙① The footprints left behind when a person or animal walks. ※Daijinji Tripitaka Monk's Biography, Eikyu 4th Year Point (1116), 2 "On the north bank of the water, there are footprints (ashiato) of the Buddha on a solid stone." ② The route or path a person took. The path a criminal or other such person escapes to. Footprints. ③ Something done in the past. Also, achievements that one left behind. Sokuseki. ※A Thirty-Five Days' Air Journey Through the Interior of Africa (1883-84), translated by Inoue Tsutomu, 4 "Since I entered deep into this country, <omitted> I have simply followed the footprints (ashiato) of my predecessors." ④ The aftermath of market fluctuations.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 地に残された足形。あしあと。通過のあと。※竹居清事（1455頃）題江山小景「予以_二学子長之遊_一。足跡遍_二天下_一。可_二以廬_一者。可_二以航_一者。無_二不_レ到者_一」② 人の成し遂げた行為のあと。業績。※「雨瀟々」そのほか（1922）〈土田杏村〉「どの一ページを繰りひろげたとて、其処には人生の旅人としての野口氏、島崎氏、永井氏の足跡が、はっきりとして居ないことは無い」③ (━する) 出かけること。足をのばすこと。※最暗黒之東京（1893）〈松原岩五郎〉二七「保養を思ひ立ちて忍ケ岡より金龍山、墨堤亀井戸等へ足跡(ソクセキ)して当日の散財若干の内にて車賃三十銭を費し」

あし‐あと【足跡】

〘名〙① 人や動物が歩いたあとに残る足型。※大慈恩寺三蔵法師伝永久四年点（1116）二「水の北岸に盤石の上に仏の脚跡(アシアト)有り」② 人の通っていった道筋、経路。犯人などが逃げたゆくえ。あしどり。③ 過去になしたこと。また、残した業績。そくせき。※亜非利加内地三十五日間空中旅行（1883‐84）〈井上勤訳〉四「深く此国に入りしより〈略〉只だ先人の践痕(アシアト)を追ひしのみ」④ 相場の変動したあと。

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