tabi

From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “foot pouch”).

tabi (plural tabis or tabi)

1. Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

• IBAT, a bit, bait, bati

• Hyphenation: ta‧bi

1. to admonish

Unknown.

tabi

1. chitchat
2. talk; empty boasting, promises or claims
3. a rumor; a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth
4. gossip; idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present

tabi

1. to talk; to communicate, usually by means of speech
2. to criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself
3. to chitchat
4. to gossip

Unknown.

tabi

1. excuse me
2. go away
3. a customary expression to excuse oneself from spirits or ghosts so as to avoid offending or injuring them, used especially when passing through or entering an unfamiliar, wooded or haunted place

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tabi.

• bati

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈbi/

tabí

1. fat; oil

• matabi

tabi

1. Rōmaji transcription of たび

tābī

1. dative singular of tābes
2. ablative singular of tābes

tabí

1. space, place, or position beside or near a person or thing
2. act of taking a position near or beside another
3. act of staying or passing along the side or border of (a road, river, etc.)
4. edge; border

tabi

1. accusative singular of tab