升

Vocabulary (12)

• 犬升麻

  いぬしょうま

  Japanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata)

• 升割

  ますわり

  break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.)

• 晒菜升麻

  さらしなしょうま

  bugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)

• 蓮華升麻

  れんげしょうま

  false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

• 一升餅

  いっしょうもち

  large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)

• 一升

  いっしょう

  one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

• 一升びん

  いっしょうびん

  one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

• 升売り

  ますうり

  selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)

• 升組

  ますぐみ

  square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)

• 升席

  ますせき

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

• 升酒

  ますざけ

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

• ひと升

  ひとます

  one square on a grid