Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbreduced scale; scaling down

Nountanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc. · thin rectangle

Nountape measure

Noun, Noun, used as a suffix, Counterdistance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)

Nounruler; measure

Nounapprox. 30 cm

Noun3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

Nounsurveyor's leveling pole (levelling)

Nounvernier

Noun, Suru verbvery short distance

Nouncarpenter's square (for checking angles) · common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'full size

Nounlong foot (approx. 37.9cm)

Nounstandard length of material used in a kimono

Nounsight (of a firearm)

Nounsix feet · traditional Japanese G-string for men · palanquin bearer

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy

Nounmeasuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked; measurement

Noungeometer moth; geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily)

Nounfolding ruler; collapsible ruler

Nounsmall shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Nounlarge shaku (approx. 35.6cm)

NounTang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Nouncarpenter's square

NounZhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)

Nounsliding central strip (of a slide rule); slide strip

Nounbamboo ruler; bamboo scale; bamboo tape

Nounwinter moth (Geometridae spp.)

Nounvernier

Nounlength; measure · short length

Nounimmediate fellatio (no shower first)

Nounnecessary length of cloth (for making a garment)

Nounsteel rule; steel scale; steel ruler

Nounlinear scale; machine scale; rule; measure

Nounslide rule

Nounslide rule

Nounfolding ruler

Nounfabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)

NounKyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)

Nouncompromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)

NounKorean shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)

NounTenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Nounlogarithmic scale

Nounvernier; device with a vernier scale

Nouncarpenter's square · common Japanese foot

Nouncurved ruler

Nounavid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth

NounMatashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

Nounpeppered moth (Biston betularia)