Kanji
Readingしゃく
Frequency78%
Used in (50 in total)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
approx. 30 cm
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)
small plot of land
(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
to measure (the length)
length; measure; short length
immediate fellatio (no shower first)
(something) tiny; trifle
letter; epistle
sight (of a firearm)
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)
to measure with a rule
clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)
Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
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.)
geometer moth; geometrid
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)