measuring box, 1.8 liter

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Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

measuring box

Constituents

drop
needle
ten
thousand

Mnemonic Stories

A traditional wooden box used for measuring rice and drinking sake. You could probably fit about a thousand needles in this measuring box!

Dictionary

Common Words

マスNounFreq #18782
1

measuring container; measuring box; measure

Examples
灯火をますの下にかくすな。
Hide not your light under a bushel.
2

box (seating at a theatre, etc.)

3

Esp. マス

square on a grid; cell of a grid

Examples
チェッカー盤の黒と白のは交互に並んでいる。
The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.
4

斗 only

square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

ょうNounFreq #42876
1

shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

一升瓶いっしょうびんNounFreq #43931
1

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

一升っしょうNounFreq #44502
1

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

マス目升目ます目桝目枡目マスめ (マス目)すめ (升目/ます目/桝目/枡目)NounFreq #50210
1

measure

2

square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)

3

box (e.g. on a form)

升形枡形斗形すがたがた (斗形)桝形NounFreq #111773
1

ますがた only

square (shape)

2

斗形 only

square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

3

ますがた only

rectangular space between the inner and outer gates of a castle (where troops can gather)

升席枡席すせきNounFreq #180738
1

tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

升酒枡酒桝酒すざけNounFreq #195639
1

alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

一升ひと升1ますひとますNounFreq #196082
1

one square on a grid; one cell of a grid

Examples
1ます空けて書き出しなさい。
Begin to write, leaving one space blank.

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