歩測

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
そく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

歩測 (hiragana ほそく, rōmaji hosoku)

  1. pacing off, measuring off by pacing

Verb

歩測する (hiragana ほそくする, rōmaji hosoku suru)

  1. pace (measure by walking), pace off
    • 1938, 野上豊一郎, パルテノン:
       (めい) (しょう) () () (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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