zori

Marge Kumaki pointed out that the Japanese word for flip-flops is “zori.”

That they remove their zori sandals and go barefoot is enough to suggest Japaneseness.

Only the occasional wooden zori indicates their Japanese origin.

In his summer uniform of white cotton, with his flat white cap and white gloves, and an imposing sword, he looks like a naval officer, even if, as sometimes happens, his feet are in zori.

By counsel, I take off my shoes and put on a pair of zori, or straw sandals provided for me, as the rock is extremely slippery.