Japanese symbol for “wellies”
長靴
ながぐつ
Romaji: nagagutsu
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies
In Japanese, wellies is 長靴, read ながぐつ (nagagutsu).
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Meanings
- n leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
Written forms: 長靴、長ぐつ. Readings: ながぐつ、ちょうか.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成長 | せいちょう seichou | growth; development; growing up |
| 社長 | しゃちょう shachou | company president; manager; director |
| 会長 | かいちょう kaichou | president (of a society); chairman |
| 長い | ながい nagai | long (distance, length) |
| 身長 | しんちょう shinchou | height (of a person); stature |
| 市長 | しちょう shichou | mayor |
| 靴下 | くつした kutsushita | socks; sock; stockings |
| 革靴 | かわぐつ kawagutsu | leather shoes; leather boots |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.