shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm);  rule;  measure;  length
 gauge;  standard;  length;  size;  (measuring) rule;  scale
 shakuhachi;  end-blown fippleless bamboo flute;  blow job;  fellatio
 six feet;  traditional Japanese G-string for men;  palanquin bearer
 reduced scale;  scaling down
 wooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long;  shoulder pole
 measuring worm;  inchworm;  looper (caterpillar)
 inchworm;  measuring worm;  looper (caterpillar)
 long (esp. of photographic film);  lengthy
 measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked;  measurement
 carpenter's square (for checking angles);  common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
 (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
 does not pay;  not worth (one's) while
 the highest state of one's enlightenment;  the highest level one can attain
 length;  measure;  short length
 immediate fellatio (no shower first)
 man is the measure of all things
 traditional Japanese G-string for men
 in evil, there is odds;  there is more evil than good in this world;  one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen
 one step forward, many steps backward;  little to gain and much to lose
 surveyor's leveling pole (levelling)
 clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)
 Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
 International Nuclear Event Scale;  INES
 to extend in length (esp. parts of television programs)
 vernier;  device with a vernier scale
 sliding central strip (of a slide rule);  slide strip
 geometer moth;  geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily)
 winter moth (Geometridae spp.)
 Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
 peppered moth (Biston betularia)
 geometer moth caterpillar;  geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)
 curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
 large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
 small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
 Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)