shaku
English
editEtymology
editA romanization of Japanese
Noun
editshaku (plural shaku or shakus)
- 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.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shaku.
Synonyms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- De Visser, M.W. (2003) Dragon in China and Japan, →ISBN
- Engel, Heino (1989) Measure and Construction of the Japanese House, →ISBN
- Field, Norma (1997) From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo, →ISBN
- Jackson, David (2002) Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu, →ISBN
- Masaaki, Hatsumi (2006) Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai, →ISBN
- Mezur, Katherine (2005) Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female-Likeness, →ISBN
- Tarver, D.E. (2004) The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi, →ISBN
- Wheeler, Post (2006) The Sacred Scriptures of The Japanese, →ISBN
Anagrams
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editRomanization
editshaku