bu (unit of area); approx. 3.31 m²
Traditional Japanese unit of area, still used in some real estate and agricultural contexts. One 歩 is about 3.31 square metres.
This land is 50 bu.
Used in business contexts to refer to a fee or percentage taken from a transaction. Often seen in compound words like 歩合 (ぶあい).
I receive a commission on sales.
Suffix attached to traditional area units (町, 段, 畝) to indicate an exact whole number, e.g. 一町歩 (いっちょうぶ) means exactly one 町.
A rice field of exactly one chō.
rate; ratio; percentage · commission; percentage fee
yield; yield rate
hectare (2.471 acres)
unit of land area (approx. 595 m²)
unit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)
daily interest; daily rate
rate; ratio; percentage · commission; percentage fee
land reduction for public use; reallocation of private land to public purposes
mining tunnel; gallery; level; shaft; pit
premium; agio
discount; price reduction
labor productivity unit; production rate; man-hours per unit
traditional Japanese land-area units
The kanji 歩 originally means 'step' or 'walk', but here it is used as a unit of area derived from the length of a step. The reading ぶ is a Sino-Japanese on'yomi.