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尺しゃくCommon wordNounsshaku (approx. 30.3 cm) · ruler; measure; scale; length
尺度しゃくどCommon wordNounscriterion; standard; measure; index · length; dimensions; size · measuring rule; scale
尺八しゃくはちCommon wordNounsshakuhachi; end-blown bamboo flute
縮尺しゅくしゃくCommon wordNounsreduced scale; scale ratio; map or drawing scale · scale down; draw at a reduced scale
一人尺八ひとりしゃくはちNounsautofellatio
一尺いっしゃくNounsone shaku; approx. 30 cm
三尺さんじゃくNouns3 shaku (approx. 90.9 cm); waistband; belt; cloth girdle
三尺下がって師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまずExpressionsa student must never forget to honor their teacher
三尺去って師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさってしのかげをふまずExpressionsa student must never forget to honor their teacher
三尺帯さんじゃくおびNounscloth waistband; traditional belt; obi
三尺の秋水さんじゃくのしゅうすいNounssharpened sword
三尺の童子さんじゃくのどうじNounsmere child; small child
九尺二間くしゃくにけんNounstiny house about nine feet wide and twelve feet deep
享保尺きょうほうじゃくNounsKyōhō shaku; approx. 30.36 cm
人間は万物の尺度であるにんげんはばんぶつのしゃくどであるExpressionsman is the measure of all things
八尺瓊やさかにNounslarge jewel; great jewel
八尺瓊勾玉やさかにのまがたまNounslarge jewel; string of jewels · Yasakani no Magatama (one of the three Imperial regalia)
六尺ろくしゃくNounssix feet · traditional Japanese G-string for men · palanquin bearer
六尺棒ろくしゃくぼうNounssix-shaku pole; wooden pole for self-defence or capturing · carrying pole; shoulder pole
六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどしNounstraditional Japanese loincloth for men
フユシャクふゆしゃくNounswinter moth
副尺ふくしゃくNounsvernier scale
即尺そくしゃくNounsimmediate fellatio (without showering first)
又四郎尺またしろうじゃくNounsMatashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
呉服尺ごふくじゃくNounsfabric shaku; textile shaku
周尺しゅうしゃくNounsZhou shaku; Zhou foot (approx. 20 cm)
咫尺しせきNounsvery short distance; a stone's throw
唐尺とうしゃくNounsTang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
国際原子力事象評価尺度こくさいげんしりょくじしょうひょうかしゃくどNounsInternational Nuclear Event Scale; INES
垂涎三尺すいぜんさんじゃくNounsavid desire; drooling over; watering at the mouth
大尺だいしゃくNounslarge shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)
おおしもふりえだしゃくNounspeppered moth
天平尺てんぴょうじゃくNounsTenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
寸善尺魔すんぜんしゃくまExpressionsevil outweighs good; one good thing brings many bad things
寸尺すんしゃくNounslength; measure · short length
寸進尺退すんしんしゃくたいNounsone step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
対数尺たいすうじゃくNounslogarithmic scale
小尺しょうしゃくNounssmall shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
尺さしNounsruler; measure
カーブ尺カーブじゃくNounscurved ruler