縮尺

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅく
Grade: 6
しゃく
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゅく)(しゃく) (shukushaku

  1. scale (ratio)
    地図(ちず)縮尺(しゅくしゃく)
    chizu no shukushaku
    map scale

Verb

(しゅく)(しゃく)する (shukushaku surusuru (stem (しゅく)(しゃく) (shukushaku shi), past (しゅく)(しゃく)した (shukushaku shita))

  1. to scale (change the size)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN