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Japanese foot

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

Noun

Japanese foot (plural Japanese feet)

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

Forms of Japanese foot

pluralJapanese feet

Origin of Japanese foot

From its rough similarity to the English foot measurement.

Questions about Japanese foot

What does Japanese foot mean?
Japanese foot means a shaku, a traditional Japanese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter.
What part of speech is Japanese foot?
Japanese foot is a noun.
What is the plural of Japanese foot?
The plural of Japanese foot is Japanese feet.

Words near Japanese foot in the dictionary

  1. Japanese English
  2. Japanese feet
  3. Japanese fever
  4. Japanese flood fever
  5. Japanese flying squid
  6. Japanese foot
  7. Japanese full stop
  8. Japanese giant hornet
  9. Japanese giant hornets
  10. Japanese giant salamander
  11. Japanese giant salamanders

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