Dictionary

geta en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Meanings

1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
   • Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs. 1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:
   • The Japanese geta or wooden sandal is a superb, though little-utilized, tool for training in the martial arts.[…]The geta are flat, wooden sandals raised on vertical slats. 1982 July 14, Robert Dillon, “Geta As A Karate Training Tool”, in Black Belt, page 70:
2. (qualifier:go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.

Forms

Deriveds

geta mark

Relateds

zori

Synonyms

net (capturing technique in Go)

Translations (26)

yox 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · yoi 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · de Geta (capturing technique in Go) · ams 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · tkn 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · mvi 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ko 게타 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ru ге́та (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · rys 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · es geta (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · nl geta (capturing technique in Go) · cmn 木屐 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · th เกี๊ยะ (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · de Netz (capturing technique in Go) · kzg 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ru гэ́та (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · cmn 下馱 /下驮 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · bg джапа́нка (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · okn 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · nl net (capturing technique in Go) · pon kedda (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ja 下駄 (capturing technique in Go) · ja 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ryu 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · ryn 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs) · xug 下駄 (Japanese raised wooden clogs)