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勺: 1/10 gō (old volume unit)

1/10 gō (old volume unit)
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An old measure: 10勺 = 1合 (about 180 ml), so 1勺 is roughly 18 ml. Mostly used for sake.

Key words

勺しゃく1/10 gō (about 18 ml)
一勺いっしゃくone shaku (1/10 gō)

Example sentences

In the old days, sake shops measured out and sold sake one shaku at a time.

One gō is ten shaku, so one shaku is a tenth of a gō.

This small cup holds about three shaku of sake.

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