Tag: Japanese
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Room and Land Sizes in Japan
Today I learned that the character for “jo” is “畳” (also the character for “tatami”) when used to measure room areas that are Japanese-style. For western-style rooms, the “帖” character is used but the pronunciation is the same. One jo is around 1.62m2 – 1.65m2 depending on where in Japan you happen to be, but…