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The Japanese form of the Chinese tael was the ryō (両). [f] It was customarily reckoned as around 4 or 10 momme [15] but, because of its importance as a fundamental unit of the silver and gold bullion used as currency in medieval Japan, it varied over time and location from those notional values. [citation needed]
Japan: 171.8 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 158.6 cm (5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08 18–49 (N= m:10,131 f:8,984) 60.7% Measured 2018 [95] [96] Japan: 170.6 cm (5 ft 7 in) 157.8 cm (5 ft 2 in) 1.08 High School students, 17 (N= m/f:1,108,891) 0.0% Measured 2018 [97] [98] Japan: 172 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) 1.09: 20–49: 47.2%: Measured ...
Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot [1] [2] is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger [3] [a] (compare span). Traditionally, the length varied by location or use, but it is now standardized as 10/ ...
Japanese schoolgirls wearing knee-high loose socks. Japan introduced school uniforms in the late 19th century. Today, school uniforms are almost universal in the public and private school systems. They are also used in some women's colleges. The Japanese word for uniform is seifuku (制服).
The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...
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The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [13] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...
Eric Kilburn Jr., 14, suffered from excruciating pain because he couldn't find shoes to fit his size 23 feet. Until a familiar former NBA star stepped in.