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一駄 (いちだ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いち駄だ

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Meanings

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noun

horse load; one pack-horse load

Historical unit for a load carried by one pack horse, typically around 36 kan (approx. 135 kg). Used in pre-modern contexts.

江え戸ど時じ代だい、一いち駄だの米こめは約やく三さん十じゅう六ろっ貫かんだった。
In the Edo period, one horse load of rice was about 36 kan.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
駄burdensome, pack horse, horse load

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one) and 駄 (pack horse load). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term was used as a standard unit of weight for goods transported by pack horse.