noun
traditional Japanese land-area units
Collective term for 町 (chō), 段 (tan), 畝 (se), and 歩 (bu), used historically for measuring rice fields, forests, and other land. Now largely replaced by metric units, but still encountered in older documents and some rural contexts.
この地図では、田んぼの面積が町段畝歩で記されている。
On this map, the area of the rice paddies is recorded in the traditional units of chō, tan, se, and bu.
Compound of the four traditional Japanese land-area units: 町 (chō), 段 (tan), 畝 (se), and 歩 (bu). The reading ちょうたんせぶ reflects the on'yomi of each character.