ごう
Noun
1.
gō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml
2.
gō, traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters
3.
one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
4.
conjunction
astronomy
5.
sum, total
6.
synthesis (in dialectics)
philosophy
7.
minor premise (in hetuvidya)
Counter
8.
counter for covered containers
9.
counter for matches, battles, etc.
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このおさけはいちごういくらですか。
このお酒は一合いくらですか。
How much is one gō of this sake?
かれはまいにち、ごはんをにごうたべます。
彼は毎日、ご飯を二合食べます。
He eats two gō of rice every day.
このますにはいちごうのおこめがはいります。
この升には一合のお米が入ります。
This masu (square wooden measuring cup) holds one gō of rice.
むかしのにほんでは、ごうはきほんてきなけいりょうたんいでした。
昔の日本では、合は基本的な計量単位でした。
In old Japan, gō was a basic unit of measurement.
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