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    尺しゃく

    shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)

    KMT10News #39+1Ref L2NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab4 strokes

    しゃく

    Noun

    1.
    shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
    2.
    rule, measure, scale
    3.
    length

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    一いっ尺しゃくは約やくとさんじっ30センチです。

    One shaku is approximately 30 centimeters.

    KMT6Core ConceptsScience & Math
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、尺しゃくという単たん位いが使つかわれていました。

    In old Japan, the unit called shaku was used.

    KMT10HistoryCore Concepts
    この映えい画がは上じょう映えい時じ間かんが二に尺しゃく五ご寸すんと長ながい。

    This movie is long, at two shaku and five sun (approx. 75 minutes).

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCore Concepts
    彼かれは尺しゃく八はちの音ね色いろに魅み了りょうされた。

    He was fascinated by the sound of the shakuhachi.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    尺しゃっ貫かん法ほうは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな度ど量りょう衡こうです。

    The shakkanhō is Japan's traditional system of weights and measures.

    KMT10Core ConceptsHistoryCulture & Traditions

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    shaku・Japanese foot・measure・scale・rule
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