Illustration: On an empty residential building plot in a Japanese neighborhood, a surveyor peers through a total station mounted on a firmly spread tripod. Across the plot, an assistant holds a prism pole upright over a boundary point beside a small ground stake.

Beyond N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

測そく量りょう

sokuryou

to survey land

Used especially for measuring land. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 測量そくりょう結果けっかを基もとに、江戸えどで伊能いのうらが作図作業さくずさぎょうを行おこなった。

    "Dainihon Enkairyochi Zenzu" was drawn by INO in Edo based on survey results.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 測量そくりょう・道路どうろなどの基礎的事業きそてきじぎょうを早々そうそうに切きり上あげ、産業育成さんぎょういくせいに重点じゅうてんをおいた。

    They quickly cut short the basic development works such as land surveying and roadworks and put priority on the development of the industries.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 幕末ばくまつには編暦以外へんれきいがいにも天文てんもんや測量そくりょう、地誌ちし、洋書翻訳ようしょほんやくなども取とり仕切しきった。

    In addition to the job of making a calendar, Tenmonkata was also in charge of astronomy, surveying, topography and the translation of western books during the last stage of Edo period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 測量

  • 測fathom; planOnソクKunはかる
  • 量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

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