noun
one gō (approx. 180 ml)
Traditional Japanese unit of volume, still used for measuring rice and sake.
See also: 合
お米を一合炊いてください。
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
一合は約0.33平方メートルです。
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
富士山の一合目から登り始めた。
I started climbing from the first station of Mt. Fuji.
Compound of 一 (one) and 合 (gō, a traditional unit). The unit 合 itself has ancient Chinese origins and was adopted into Japanese measurement systems.