determining by oneself

to determine by oneself

wearing outdoor shoes / feet soiled by dirt

gait / trace of the movements of a criminal

(informal) cancellation of an appointment or engagement at the last minute

(idiomatic) the last minute; the eleventh hour

clay figurine, (especially) one of the Jōmon (縄文) period

(sumo) dohyo-iri, a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi in the higher divisions

The katakana syllable ドゥ (du). Its equivalent in hiragana is どぅ (du).

traveling, journeying / the middle of a trip, partway through a journey / short for 花魁道中 (oiran dōchū, “a procession of courtesans”)