Illustration: In a small alterations shop, a customer stands on a low fitting platform wearing trousers that fit neatly around the waist and hips. One leg still pools over the shoe, while the tailor has folded and pinned the other hem to end cleanly at the ankle.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

丈たけ

take

length of clothing

Example sentences

  1. コートを探さがしてます。背せが低ひくいので、丈たけは短みじかめで、なるべくすっきりしたデザインのものを。

    I’m looking for a coat. I’m short so the length should be on the short side, and as refined a design as possible.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 丈たけを少すこし詰つめていただけますか。

    Could you make it a little shorter for me?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 丈たけの長ながい黒くろいコートを着きた、あの長身ちょうしんの男おとこだった。

    It was the tall man in the long, black coat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 丈

  • 丈length; ten shakuOnジョウKunたけ・だけ

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