百年河清

ひゃくねんかせい

waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear, waiting in vain for an unlikely event, waiting for pigs to fly, When the sky falls, we shall catch larks

丈

だけ じょう たけ たき

height, stature

日清修好条規

にっしんしゅうこうじょうき

Sino-Japanese Amity Treaty (1871)

百

ひゃく もも

100, hundred

袖丈

そでたけ

length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)

軒丈

のきたけ

height from the ground to a building's eaves

草丈

くさたけ

rice plant's height

身丈

みたけ

length (of clothing)

着丈

きたけ

dress length

万丈

ばんじょう

hurrah!, long life, congratulations, full vent

背丈

せたけ

stature, height

丈人

じょうじん

elder; senior

丈余

じょうよ

over ten feet

方丈

ほうじょう

abbot's chamber

丈夫

じょうぶ じょうふ ますらお

hero, manly person, warrior

頑丈

がんじょう

solid, firm, stout, burly, strong, sturdy

丈長

たけなが たけちょう

tall

丈六

one jō and six shaku (4.85m)

膝丈

ひざたけ

knee-length (clothing)