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：2026/01/03
尺
Hiragana
しゃく
Noun
Japanese Meaning
長さの単位。1尺は約30.3センチメートルで、10寸にあたる。 / 物の長さ。寸法。 / （映像・舞台などで）場面の長さや時間的な区切り。 / （比喩的に）ほどあい。加減。分量。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしのながさのたんいでいっしゃくはじゅっすんぶんです
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本传统长度单位“尺”，等于10寸或1/10丈，约为10/33米。 / （器具）金属尺；按“尺”刻度的量尺。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本傳統長度單位「尺」，等於十寸或十分之一丈，標準為公尺的10/33（約0.303公尺） / （度量衡）日制尺；日本尺
Korean Meaning
일본의 전통 길이 단위 ‘자’(10 촌, 1/10 정, 약 10/33m) / 자(특히 금속 자)
Vietnamese Meaning
Đơn vị độ dài truyền thống của Nhật “shaku”, bằng 10 sun = 1/10 jō, xấp xỉ 10/33 m (~30,3 cm). / Thước đo theo chuẩn shaku (thường là thước kim loại).
Tagalog Meaning
tradisyunal na yunit ng haba sa Hapon, humigit‑kumulang 30.3 cm (10 sun; 1/10 jō) / bakal na patpat na panukat (metal shaku)
Sense（1）
the shaku, metal shaku
, or Japanese foot: a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun (寸) or ¹⁄₁₀ jō (丈), standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter
Sense（2）
the whale shaku
, a variant of the shaku used in measuring cloth equal to ²⁵⁄₆₆ of a meter
Sense（3）
length
Sense（4）
(zoology) The geometer moth (Geometra papilionaria)
Sense（5）
(zoology) the inchworm
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the shaku, metal shaku
, or Japanese foot: a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun (寸) or ¹⁄₁₀ jō (丈), standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter
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尺
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This lumber is one shaku.
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この木材は一尺です。
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