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歩測

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
そく
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
步測 (kyūjitai)

Noun

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()(そく) (hosoku

  1. pacing off, measuring off by pacing

Verb

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()(そく)する (hosoku surusuru (stem ()(そく) (hosoku shi), past ()(そく)した (hosoku shita))

  1. pace (measure by walking), pace off
    • 1938, 野上豊一郎, パルテノン:
      名称(めいしょう)部屋(へや)(なが)さが歩測(ほそく)して百歩(ひゃくほ)あったからである。
      Meishō wa heya no nagasa ga hosoku shite hyaku-ho atta kara de aru.
      The name comes from the fact that it takes 100 steps to pace the length of the room.

Conjugation

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