一いっ勺しゃく

noun

one shaku

A traditional Japanese unit of volume, equal to one-tenth of a gō (approximately 18 ml). Used historically for measuring sake and rice.

• 一いっ勺しゃくは一いち合ごうの十じゅう分ぶんの一いちにあたる。

  One shaku is one-tenth of a gō.

• 昔むかしは酒さけを一いっ勺しゃく単たん位いで量はかっていた。

  In the past, sake was measured in units of one shaku.