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尺を当てる

しゃくをあてる
to measure with a rule
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尺貫法

しゃっかんほう
old Japanese system of weights and measures
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尺骨

しゃっこつ
the ulna
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尺取

しゃくとり
measuring worm; inchworm; looper (caterpillar)
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尺取り虫

尺取虫
しゃくとりむし
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
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短冊

短籍、短尺
たんざく、たんじゃく
long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper; thin rectangle
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副尺

ふくしゃく
vernier scale
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一尺

いっしゃく
approx. 30 cm
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準尺

じゅんしゃく
surveyor's leveling pole (levelling)
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照尺

しょうしゃく
sight (of a firearm)