Illustration: At a Japanese elementary school craft table, a child presses a transparent ruler firmly against a sheet of plain card and draws a clean straight line along its edge. The ruler's short measurement ticks are visible without numerals, and the pencil tip stays directly against the rigid edge.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

定じょう規ぎ

jougi

ruler

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは本ほんを買かい、彼かれは定規じょうぎを買かった。

    I bought a book and he a ruler.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 定規じょうぎは直線ちょくせんを引ひくのに役立やくだつ。

    A ruler helps one to draw a straight line.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この定規じょうぎにはミリメートルの目盛めもりがある。

    This ruler has the scale in millimeters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 定規

  • 定determine; fixOnテイ・ジョウKunさだめる・さだまる・さだか
  • 規standard; measureOnキ

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