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There are 21 total results for your 足元 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

足元

see styles
 ashimoto
    あしもと
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (2) gait; pace; step; (can be adjective with の) (3) most recent; current; (pronoun) (4) you; thou

勇足元

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 yuutarimoto / yutarimoto
    ゆうたりもと
(place-name) Yūtarimoto

勇足元町

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 yuutarimotomachi / yutarimotomachi
    ゆうたりもとまち
(place-name) Yūtarimotomachi

足元を掬う

see styles
 ashimotoosukuu / ashimotoosuku
    あしもとをすくう
(exp,v5u) to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

足元を見る

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 ashimotoomiru
    あしもとをみる
(exp,v1) to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price); from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly

足元をすくう

see styles
 ashimotoosukuu / ashimotoosuku
    あしもとをすくう
(exp,v5u) to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

足元から鳥が立つ

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 ashimotokaratorigatatsu
    あしもとからとりがたつ
(exp,v5t) (1) (idiom) for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to); (expression) (2) (idiom) (usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように) (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime

足元にも及ばない

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 ashimotonimooyobanai
    あしもとにもおよばない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

足元にも及ば無い

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 ashimotonimooyobanai
    あしもとにもおよばない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

足元にもおよばない

see styles
 ashimotonimooyobanai
    あしもとにもおよばない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

Variations:
足元をすくう
足元を掬う

 ashimotoosukuu / ashimotoosuku
    あしもとをすくう
(exp,v5u) (incorr. var. of 足を掬う) (See 足をすくう・あしをすくう) to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

Variations:
足元に火が付く
足元に火がつく

 ashimotonihigatsuku
    あしもとにひがつく
(exp,v5k) to be in imminent peril; to be in imminent danger

Variations:
足元
足もと
足下
足許

 ashimoto
    あしもと
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (2) gait; pace; step; (can be adjective with の) (3) most recent; current

Variations:
足元を見る
足下を見る
足もとを見る

 ashimotoomiru
    あしもとをみる
(exp,v1) (idiom) (from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly) to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

Variations:
地球規模で考え、足元から行動せよ
地球規模で考え足元から行動せよ(sK)

 chikyuukibodekangae、ashimotokarakoudouseyo / chikyukibodekangae、ashimotokarakodoseyo
    ちきゅうきぼでかんがえ、あしもとからこうどうせよ
(expression) think globally, act locally; think global, act local

Variations:
地球規模で考え足元から行動せよ
地球規模で考え、足元から行動せよ

 chikyuukibodekangaeashimotokarakoudouseyo / chikyukibodekangaeashimotokarakodoseyo
    ちきゅうきぼでかんがえあしもとからこうどうせよ
(expression) think globally, act locally; think global, act local

Variations:
足元
足下
足もと
足許(rK)

 ashimoto
    あしもと
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (2) gait; pace; step; (can be adjective with の) (3) most recent; current

Variations:
足元につけ込む
足元に付け込む
足下につけ込む
足下に付け込む

 ashimotonitsukekomu
    あしもとにつけこむ
(exp,v5m) (rare) (See 足下を見る) to take advantage (of another's weakness)

Variations:
足元にも及ばない
足元にもおよばない
足元にも及ば無い

 ashimotonimooyobanai
    あしもとにもおよばない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

Variations:
足元の明るいうちに
足下の明るいうちに
足もとの明るいうちに
足元の明るい内に
足下の明るい内に
足もとの明るい内に

 ashimotonoakaruiuchini
    あしもとのあかるいうちに
(exp,adv) (1) while it is light; before dark; (exp,adv) (2) while the going is good; before things get worse

Variations:
足元
足下
足許(rK)
足もと(sK)

 ashimoto
    あしもと
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); (2) gait; pace; step; (can be adjective with の) (3) most recent; current
This page contains 21 results for "足元" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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