一いち合ごう

noun

one gō (approx. 180 ml)

Traditional Japanese unit of volume, still used for measuring rice and sake.

See also: 合

• お米こめを一いち合ごう炊たいてください。

  Please cook one gō of rice.

noun

one gō (approx. 0.33 m²)

Traditional unit of area, used in land and room measurements; one gō is one-tenth of a tsubo.

See also: 合

• 一いち合ごうは約やく0.33平へい方ほうメートルです。

  One gō is about 0.33 square meters.

noun

one-tenth of the way up a mountain

Used in mountaineering to describe altitude; e.g., 五合目 is the fifth station, halfway up.

See also: 合

• 富ふ士じ山さんの一いち合ごう目めから登のぼり始はじめた。

  I started climbing from the first station of Mt. Fuji.