地下足袋(じかたび)

じかたび
noun
split-toe work shoes; jika-tabi
clothingwork
1. split-toe work shoes with rubber soles
Ankle-high cloth footwear with a separate big toe and a rubber sole, worn outdoors by construction workers, gardeners and farmers, and at festivals.
地下足袋(じかたび)を履(は)く。
To put on jika-tabi.
祭(まつ)りの日(ひ)は地下足袋(じかたび)で神輿(みこし)を担(かつ)ぐ。
On festival day we carry the portable shrine wearing jika-tabi.
大工(だいく)さんは地下足袋(じかたび)を履(は)いて、屋根(やね)の上(うえ)を身軽(みがる)に歩(ある)いていた。
The carpenter, wearing jika-tabi, walked nimbly across the roof.

The 地下(じか) here means "directly (on the ground)": unlike ordinary 足袋(たび), which are worn indoors or inside sandals, these are worn on their own as shoes. Despite the kanji, it has nothing to do with 地下(ちか) (underground).

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Compare: 草履(ぞうり) (traditional flat sandals)
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