English Explanatory Dictionary

Japanese foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shaku, a traditional Japanese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter.

Word forms

Japanese foot Japanese feet

Etymology

From its rough similarity to the English foot measurement.

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