束つか

noun

strut; short vertical post

A short vertical structural member, such as a stud in a wall or a post in a railing.

• 階かい段だんの手てすりの束つかが壊こわれている。

  The short post of the stair railing is broken.

noun

thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)

Refers to the thickness of a stack of paper or the body of a book excluding the covers. Often used in printing and bookbinding contexts.

• この本ほんは束つかが3センチある。

  This book has a thickness of 3 centimeters.

noun

handbreadth; bundle

Archaic unit of length roughly equal to the width of four fingers, or a bundle of something. Now mostly replaced by 束 (そく) for bundles.

See also: 束 (そく) · 束 (そく) · 束 (そく)

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、矢やの長ながさを「束つか」で表あらわした例れいがある。

  In old documents, there are examples where the length of arrows is expressed in 'tsuka'.