縮尺

Reading

Kana: しゅくしゃく

Romaji: shukushaku

Definition

noun

vs

1

reduced scale; scaling

Kanji

縮

Readings: シュク、 ちぢ.む、 ちぢ.まる、 ちぢ.める、 ちぢ.れる、 ちぢ.らす

Meanings: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

尺

Reading: シャク

Meanings: shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

Example Sentence

テキサス州(しゅう)の縮尺(しゅくしゃく)、２５万(まん)分(ぶん)の１の地図(ちず)がほしいのですよ。

➥I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.