咫

あた た

distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)

八咫

やあた やた

eight ata (approx. 144 cm)

八咫鏡

やたのかがみ やたかがみ

Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)

八咫烏

やたがらす

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)

尺

さし しゃく

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)

八咫の烏

やたのからす

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)

周尺

しゅうしゃく

Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)

準尺

じゅんしゃく

surveyor's leveling pole (levelling)

巻尺

まきじゃく

tape measure

尺地

しゃくち

small plot of land

照尺

しょうしゃく

sight (of a firearm)

尺取

しゃくとり しゃくと

measuring worm, inchworm, looper (caterpillar)

小尺

しょうしゃく

small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

曲尺

かねじゃく きょくしゃく かねじゃく きょくしゃく

carpenter's square (for checking angles)

倍尺

ばい しゃく

enlargement scale

着尺

きじゃく

standard length of material used in a kimono

カーブ尺

カーブじゃく カーブしゃく

curved ruler

副尺

ふくしゃく

vernier scale

竹尺

たけじゃく

bamboo ruler, bamboo scale, bamboo tape