丈たけ

noun

height; stature

Refers to vertical height or stature, often of people, plants, or things measured by how tall they stand. In everyday speech, 背丈 is common for a person's height.

• 庭にわに丈たけの高たかい草くさが生はえている。

  Tall grass is growing in the garden.

• この木きは人ひとの丈たけほどの高たかさだ。

  This tree is about as tall as a person.

noun

length of clothing; hem length

Commonly used for the length of garments or garment parts, especially in phrases such as スカートの丈, 着丈, 袖丈, and 丈が長い／短い.

• このスカートは丈たけが少すこし長ながい。

  This skirt is a little long.

• ズボンの丈たけを直なおしてもらった。

  I had the length of the pants altered.

noun

all one feels; everything one has; the full extent

Idiomatic use in emotional fixed expressions such as 思いの丈 and 心の丈, meaning the full extent of one's feelings or thoughts.

See also: 思いの丈 · 心のたけ

• 彼かの女じょは手て紙がみに思おもいの丈たけをつづった。

  She poured all her feelings into the letter.

• 彼かれはようやく心こころの丈たけを打うち明あけた。

  He finally revealed everything that was in his heart.

noun

magnificence; dignified grandeur

Rare literary or critical use, especially in discussion of waka poetry; not a normal everyday meaning of 丈.

• 古ふるい歌か論ろんでは、和わ歌かの丈たけが重おもんじられた。

  In old waka criticism, the magnificence of a poem was valued.