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| | |  Japanese units of measurement: Encyclopedia II - Japanese units of measurement - LengthThe basis of the shakkanhō length measurements is the shaku, which originated in ancient China. The other units are all fixed fractions or multiples of this basic unit. The shaku was originally the length from the thumb to the middle finger (about 18 cm, or 7 inches), but its length, and hence the length of the other units, gradually increased, since the length of the unit was related to the level of taxation.
Various different shaku developed for various purposes. The unit now most widely recognized as a ...
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| | | | Japanese units of measurement: Encyclopedia II - Japanese numerals - Basic numbering in Japanese There are two ways of writing the numbers in Japanese, in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Chinese numerals (一, ニ, 三). The Arabic numerals are more often used in horizontal writing, and the Chinese numerals are more common in vertical writing.
(Some numbers have multiple names.)
* In modern Japanese, yaoyorozu means something more like "myriad", and is mainly found in set phrases. Historically, however, it simply meant 8 million.
The numbers 4 and 9 are considered unlucky in Japanese: 4, pronounced shi ...
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| | | | Japanese units of measurement: Encyclopedia II - Japanese units of measurement - Other Japanese units Apart from shakkanhō and the metric system, other units are also commonly used in Japan. The most common unit found is the inch. Inches are used in the following:
Japanese bicycles are based on a British system, and the tyre sizes are measured in inches rather than centimetres.
Inch sizes are commonly used in the computer industry for the sizes of parts, connectors, and semiconductor wafers.
Inches and feet are used for the width and length of magnetic tape.
Inches are used for the size of tele ...
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