(つる) (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P) [EDICT]
(xián, ㄒㄧㄢˊ) bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse [CE-DICT]
(てい) (n) (1) base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; (2) base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); (3) (arch) type; kind; extent; degree [EDICT]
(de, ㄉㄜ˙) (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) [CE-DICT]
(dǐ, ㄉㄧˇ) background; bottom; base; the end of a period of time; towards the end of (last month) [CE-DICT]
英
(えい) (n,n-pref,n-suf) (abbr) (See 英吉利・イギリス,英国・えいこく) Britain; British [EDICT]
(Yīng, ㄧㄥ) English; brave; surname Ying [CE-DICT]
尺
(しゃく) (n) (1) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); (2) rule; measure; scale; (3) length; (P) [EDICT]
(あた;た(咫)) (n,n-suf,ctr) (arch) distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm) [EDICT]
(chǐ, ㄔˇ) a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; a musical note on the traditional Chinese scale; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine [CE-DICT]
