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toe; toes
The digits of the foot.
足指をぶつけて痛い。
I stubbed my toe and it hurts.
足指を広げるストレッチをしている。
I'm doing toe-spreading stretches.
冬になると足指が冷えて感覚がなくなることがある。
In winter, my toes sometimes get so cold that I lose feeling in them.
A compound of 足 (foot, leg) + 指 (finger, digit). Japanese uses 指 for both fingers and toes, so 足指 specifies the toes. Also written as 足の指 in everyday speech.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 足指を動かす — move one's toes
- 足指が冷える — toes get cold
- 足指の間 — between the toes
- 足指の爪 — toenails
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 手指/手の指 — finger; the hand counterpart, specifying fingers rather than toes
- 指 — finger/toe; the general word that covers both, with context determining which
- つま先 — tip of the toes, tiptoe; refers to the front end of the foot rather than individual toes