人間の身体的な特性上、目から最も遠いのも足である。普段あまり目につくこともないため、お清めの儀式を通して初めて父と自分の足が瓜二つであることを知った。

Because of the physical structure of the human body, the feet are also the part farthest from the eyes. Since they rarely draw our attention in everyday life, it was only while performing the purification ritual for my deceased father that I first realized how strikingly similar his feet were to my own.