What is the meaning of 尺?
the shaku, "metal shaku", or Japanese foot: a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun (寸) or ⁄10 jō (丈), standardized as ⁄33 of a meter
the "whale shaku", a variant of the shaku used in measuring cloth equal to ⁄66 of a meter
Short for 尺障泥 (shaku aori, “geometer moth, Geometra papilionaria”).
Short for 尺取虫 (shaku-tori mushi, “inchworm”).
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