足元・足下・足許|あしもとashimoto[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. no-adjectiveat one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")
   飲のみ過すぎて、なんか足元あしもとがフラフラする。↗

   I drank too much and the ground seemed to spin under my feet.
2. noungait; pace; step
3. no-adjectivemost recent; current

• Synonym足下そっかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Read 「そっか」, it serves as an honorific after the addressee's name in letters, or means the area at one's feet; in everyday speech say 「足元」.
• Related足取りあしどりNeutralRefers to one's gait or stride, and also to a suspect's trail or movements; 「足元」 means the area at one's feet, one's surroundings, or the current situation.
• Related歩き方あるきかたNeutralThe way or manner one walks, including posture; 「足元」 refers to the area at one's feet or to one's step.
• Antonym頭上ずじょうNeutralThe space above one's head or overhead; it stands opposite to 「足元」's sense of the ground at one's feet.

Use 「足元」 for the area at or under your feet, or your current situation, as in 「足元に注意」. For gait or a suspect's trail use 「足取り」, and for the space overhead use 「頭上」. 「足下」 is the written/formal variant.

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1. （ソッカ、ソクカ、ソクゲ、あしもと、あもと、あしした）足あしで立たっているあたり。足あしの下した。
2. （あしもと、あしした）足あしの運はこび。あしつき、あしどり。
3. （あしもと、あもと）家柄いえがら、経歴けいれき、身元みもと。
4. 貴公きこう。