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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun or ¹/₁₀ of a jō, now standardized as equal to ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.

Synonyms

All synonyms

japanese footjapanese foot

Etymology

A romanization of Japanese 尺 (shaku). Doublet of chi and chek.

Related phrases

japanese foot

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