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(obsolete) a traditional Japanese unit of measure for the length of cut cloth, equal to one 丈 (jō, roughly three meters) and three 尺 (shaku, roughly one foot or thirty centimeters)
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Source Word
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Hiragana
じょう
Noun
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
布地の長さを表す古い日本の単位で、一丈三尺(約3メートル+約30センチ×3=およそ4メートル前後)に相当する長さ。主に反物など裁ち布の長さを数えるときに用いられた。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしにぬのをきるときのながさのことば。いちじょうとさんしゃくのながさ。
Chinese (Simplified)
日本旧制布匹长度单位,等于一丈三尺(约3.9米) / 古代用于裁布的计量单位
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(obsolete) a traditional Japanese unit of measure for the length of cut cloth, equal to one 丈 (jō, roughly three meters) and three 尺 (shaku, roughly one foot or thirty centimeters)
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(obsolete) a traditional Japanese unit of measure for the area of an agricultural field or paddy, equal to either 360 歩 (bu, around 1190 square meters), later reduced to 300 歩 (bu)/坪 (tsubo, almost 992 square meters)
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