方ほう寸すん

noun

square sun; approx. 9 sq. cm

Traditional Japanese unit of area: one square sun (1 sun ≈ 3.03 cm). Rare in modern everyday use; mainly encountered in historical or technical contexts.

See also: 寸

• この印いん鑑かんの印いん面めんは方ほう寸すんほどだ。

  The face of this seal is about one square sun.

noun

one's mind; one's heart

Figurative expression for the mind or heart, often used in literary or formal contexts. The image is of a small space (one square sun) that contains one's thoughts and feelings.

• 方ほう寸すんの乱みだれもなく、彼かれは淡たん々たんと答こたえた。

  Without the slightest disturbance of mind, he answered calmly.

• 方ほう寸すんを尽つくして説せっ得とくにあたった。

  He tried to persuade them with all his heart.