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Tabi

Definition: Tabi

Tabi

Noun

1. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Tabi

Synonym: tabis (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Tabi

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The tabi (足袋) sock is a type of Japanese sock that splits the big toe from the rest of the toes, thus allowing the wearer to also wear zori (tatami sandals with a separation between the big toe and the other toes).

There is also a stronger boot version of the tabi that is worn by construction workers and ninja due to its ability to grip the floor better.

See also: stocking, socks, Japanese clothing

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tabi."

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Crosswords: Tabi

Non-English Usage: "Tabi" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Turkish (dependant, dependent, linked, subject, subject to, subordinate).

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Modern Usage: Tabi

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Tabi no omosa (1972)

Hajimete no tabi (1971)

Gokudo kyojo tabi (1970)

Yoen dokufuden: okatsu kyojo tabi (1969)

Onna tobakushi chôhan tabi (1969)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tabi

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nihon no koji meisatsu : koji to butsuzo no kokoro o tazuneru tabi no hon (reference)

  • Nihon no togei to kama : gendai no meito to togo no tabi (reference)

  • Saharin e no tabi (reference)

  • Shiki no tabi (reference)

  • Tabi o sumika to : kei shirinsha junimankiro no rogo junen (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tabi

"Tabi" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tabi" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tabi

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tabi

47

tabi boot

26

international tabi

20

tabi sock

14

kino no tabi

11

canada tabi

5

shoes tabi

4

ninja tabi

4

tabi whistler

3

jika tabi

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tabi

Language Translations for "tabi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

足袋 (Japanese socks). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たび (degree, Japanese socks, journey, times, travel, trip). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abitay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Tabi

Derivations

Words beginning with "tabi": tabid. (additional references)

Words containing "tabi": acceptabilities, acceptability, accountabilities, accountability, actabilities, actability, adaptabilities, adaptability, adjustabilities, adjustability, adoptabilities, adoptability, affectabilities, affectability, cantabile, castabilities, castability, computabilities, computability, countabilities, countability, creditabilities, creditability, cutabilities, cutability, delectabilities, delectability, destabilization, destabilizations, destabilize, destabilized, destabilizes, destabilizing, detectabilities, detectability, dilatabilities, dilatability, disreputabilities, disreputability, disrespectabilities, disrespectability, electabilities, electability, equitabilities, equitability, excitabilities, excitability, exportabilities, exportability, extractabilities, extractability, gyrostabilizer, gyrostabilizers, habitabilities, habitability, heritabilities, heritability, hyperexcitabilities, hyperexcitability, hyperirritabilities, hyperirritability, hypermutabilities, hypermutability, ignitabilities, ignitability, illimitabilities, illimitability, immutabilities, immutability, imputabilities, imputability, incontestabilities, incontestability, indomitabilities, indomitability, indubitabilities, indubitability, ineluctabilities, ineluctability, inevitabilities, inevitability, inheritabilities, inheritability, inscrutabilities, inscrutability, instabilities, instability, interpretabilities, interpretability, intersubstitutabilities, intersubstitutability, intractabilities, intractability, irrefutabilities, irrefutability, irritabilities, irritability, marketabilities, marketability, meltabilities, meltability, merchantabilities, merchantability, metastabilities, metastability, mutabilities, mutability, notabilities, notability, overstabilities, overstability, palatabilities, palatability, patentabilities, patentability, portabilities, portability, potabilities, potability, predictabilities, predictability, presentabilities, presentability, preventabilities, preventability, printabilities, printability, profitabilities, profitability, promotabilities, promotability, quotabilities, quotability, rentabilities, rentability, repeatabilities, repeatability, reputabilities, reputability, resectabilities, resectability, respectabilities, respectability, restabilize, restabilized, restabilizes, restabilizing, stabile, stabiles, stabilities, stability, stabilization, stabilizations, stabilize, stabilized, stabilizer, stabilizers, stabilizes, stabilizing, substitutabilities, substitutability, suitabilities, suitability, supportabilities, supportability, testabilities, testability, thermostabilities, thermostability, tractabilities, tractability, translatabilities, translatability, transplantabilities, transplantability, transportabilities, transportability, treatabilities, treatability, trustabilities, trustability, unacceptabilities, unacceptability, unaccountabilities, unaccountability, unpalatabilities, unpalatability, unpredictabilities, unpredictability, unsuitabilities, unsuitability, untranslatabilities, untranslatability, wettabilities, wettability. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Tabi

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bait.

Words within the letters "a-b-i-t"

-1 letter: ait, bat, bit, tab.

-2 letters: ab, ai, at, ba, bi, it, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-t"
 

+1 letter: ambit, baith, baits, batik, biota, habit, tabid, tibia.

 

+2 letters: abatis, albeit, albite, ambits, baited, baiter, bandit, barite, batiks, bating, battik, bawtie, bhakti, binate, biotas, bonita, gambit, habits, obtain, rabbit, rebait, rubati, tabbis, tabuli, terbia, tibiae, tibial, tibias, timbal, tribal.

 

+3 letters: abating, abattis, ability, abiotic, absinth, abstain, adhibit, airboat, albites, albitic, ambient, antibug, arbiter, astilbe, babbitt, babysit, backbit, backfit, backlit, bailout, baiters, baiting, bandits, banties, baptise, baptism, baptist, baptize, barefit, barites, barytic, basinet, basmati, bassist, bastile, basting, bastion, batfish, bathing, batiste, batlike, battier, battiks, batting, batwing, bauxite, bawties, beastie, beatify, beating, beatnik, bepaint, bestial, betaine, bhaktis, bimetal, biparty, biretta, bistate, bitable, blastie, boating, bobtail, bonitas, botanic, bothria, brisant, britska, britzka, cabinet, cambist, catbird, citable, cohabit, cubital, dingbat, dirtbag, fatbird, gambits, gigabit, habitan, habitat, habited, habitue, habitus, halibut, iceboat, inhabit, isobath, labiate, librate, limbate, megabit, niobate, oblasti, obtains, obviate, orbital, pigboat, rabbits, rabbity, rarebit, rebaits, redbait, stabile, stibial, tabanid, tabbied, tabbies, tabbing, tabetic, tabling, tabloid, taborin, tabouli, tabuing, tabulis, taxicab, terbias, tieback, timbale, timbals, timbral, triable, tribade, tubaist, vibrant, vibrate, vibrato.

 

+4 letters: abatises, abattoir, abbatial, abdicate, abetting, ablating, ablation, ablative, ablution, aboiteau, aborting, abortion, abortive, absinthe, absinths, abstains, abstrict, abutilon, abutting, acerbity, adhibits, agitable, airboats, airburst, ambients, ambition, ambivert, anabatic, antibias, antibody, antiboss, antisnob, arbalist, arbiters, arbitral, arborist, asbestic, astilbes, aubretia, aubrieta, babbitts, babysits, backbite, backfits, backlist, bacteria, bacterin, baggiest, bailment, bailouts, balkiest, balletic, ballista, balmiest, banality, banditry, banditti, bangtail, banister, banjoist, bantling, baptised, baptises, baptisia, baptisms, baptists, baptized, baptizer, baptizes, barbital, baritone, barkiest, barmiest, barniest, bartisan, bartizan, basaltic, basicity, basinets, basmatis, bassinet, bassists, bastiles, bastille, bastings, bastions, batching, bathetic, batistes, battalia, batterie, battiest, battings, battling, bauxites, bauxitic, bawdiest, beadiest, beakiest, beamiest, beasties, beatific, beatings, beatniks, beauties, beautify, bepaints, berating, bestiary, betaines, betaking, biacetyl, biathlon, bidental, biforate, bigamist, bijugate, bilobate, bimetals, binately, biotical, biparted, birdbath, birettas, birretta, birthday, biteable, bivalent, blastier, blasties, blasting, blatting, bleating, bloating, bloviate, boasting, boatbill, boatings, boatlike, bobtails, boltonia, boracite, borating, botanica, botanies, botanise, botanist, botanize, brakiest, brantail, brattice, brattier, brattish, braunite, brickbat, britskas, britzkas, britzska, bucktail, cabalist, cabinets, cambists, catbirds, catbrier, celibate, citeable, cobaltic, cohabits, daubiest, debating, diabetes, diabetic, diatribe, dingbats, dirtbags, dutiable, editable, epiblast, evitable, fabulist, fatbirds, fireboat, firebrat, fittable, fleabite, gabbiest, gigabits, gigabyte, habitans, habitant, habitats, habiting, habitual, habitude, habitues, halibuts, hautbois, iceboats, imitable, incubate, inhabits, instable, intubate, isobaths, jailbait, jubilant, jubilate, labiated, labiates, lability, laborite, lambiest, libation, libelant, liberate, librated, librates, lifeboat, liftable, listable, lobation, megabits, niobates, obeisant, obituary, oblation, obligate, obligati, obligato, obtained, obtainer, obviated, obviates, obviator, orbitals, oribatid, partible, pigboats, pitiable, pitiably, rabbited, rabbiter, rabbitry, rabidity, rabietic, rarebits, rebaited, rebating, redbaits, reobtain, rubaiyat, sabbatic, sailboat, satiable, satiably, sibilant, sibilate, snakebit, spitball, stabbing, stabiles, stabling, stablish, strobila, subtopia, suitable, suitably, sybarite, tabanids, tabbises, tabbying, tabering, tabetics, tabloids, tabooing, taborine, taboring, taborins, taboulis, tailback, tailbone, tangible, tangibly, taxicabs, thebaine, tiebacks, tillable, tiltable, timbales, tippable, tithable, titrable, tribades, tribadic, tribally, tribasic, tribrach, tribunal, trilobal, tubaists, turbinal, urbanist, urbanite, urbanity, verbatim, vibrants, vibrated, vibrates, vibrator, vibratos, vitiable, writable, ytterbia, zaibatsu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tabi


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 62 69

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    -...    ..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01100010 01101001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#98 &#105

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0062 0069

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54676875

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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