zori

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A pair of zori, or slippers, or flip-flops should be worn when walking from the changing rooms to the dojo to avoid transferring dirt and germs to the mat.

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  • A pair of zori, or slippers, or flip-flops should be worn when walking from the changing rooms to the dojo to avoid transferring dirt and germs to the mat. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • I went into a few stores to search for zori but did not find anything. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Just when I was giving up hope I found a store that had extra large sizes of the zori, but extremely expensive ... —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • All during my student years in Hawai'i during the 1970s, I rarely wore any footwear but Japanese zori (rubber slippers). —  Far Outliers
  • At the open door she would pause to shuffle off her pale blue zori (sandals); and she would glide across the clean rice-straw matting shod in her snow-white tabi only Asako gradually accustomed herself to the noises of the house. —  Kimono
 

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  1. Japanese zōri : , grass, straw (from Middle Chinese tsaw) + ri, sole (from Middle Chinese li).
 

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