坪つぼ

noun

tsubo (unit of land area, approx. 3.3 m²)

Standard unit for measuring land and floor space in Japan. One tsubo is about the area of two tatami mats.

• この部屋へやは六ろく畳じょうで、約やく三さん坪つぼです。

  This room is six tatami mats, which is about three tsubo.

• 土と地ちの広ひろさは五ご十じゅう坪つぼあります。

  The land area is fifty tsubo.

noun

tsubo (unit of fabric/paper area, approx. 9.18 cm²)

Traditional unit used for small items like fabric or paper. Much smaller than the land-area tsubo.

• この布ぬのは一ひと坪つぼあたりの価か格かくで売うられている。

  This cloth is sold by the tsubo (approx. 9.18 cm²).

noun

tsubo (unit of leather/tile area, approx. 918 cm²)

Traditional unit for leather or tiles. Larger than the fabric tsubo but still a small area.

• 革かわの面めん積せきを坪つぼで表あらわすことがある。

  Leather area is sometimes expressed in tsubo (approx. 918 cm²).

noun

cubic tsubo (approx. 6 m³)

Volume unit derived from the land-area tsubo. See also 立坪.

See also: 立坪

• 材ざい木もくの体たい積せきを坪つぼで計けい算さんする。

  Calculate the volume of lumber in cubic tsubo.