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2. Koku - Wikipedia

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   Although this was referred to as shin kyō-masu or the "new" measuring cup in its early days, [18] its use supplanted the old measure in most areas in Japan, until the only place still left using the old cup ("edo-masu") was the city of Edo, [19] and the Edo government passed an edict declaring the kyō-masu the official nationwide measure ...

3. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   A wooden masu sake cup (1 gō) for celebrations. The base unit of Japanese volume is the shō, although the gō now sees more use since it is reckoned as the appropriate size of a serving of rice or sake. Sake and shochu are both commonly sold in large 1800 mL bottles known as isshōbin (一升瓶), literally "one shō bottle". [21]

4. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres.

5. Ge (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A 1-gō masu, a wooden box used for measuring portions of rice or sake. The gō or cup is a traditional Japanese unit based on the ge which is equal to 10 shaku or 1 ⁄ 10 shō. It was officially equated with ⁠ 2401 / 13310 ⁠ liters in 1891. The gō is the traditional amount used for a serving of rice and a cup of sake in Japanese cuisine.

6. Masu (measurement) - Wikipedia

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   Goshakumasu (5 shaku [90 ml]) = Holds a half gō measure. Hasshakumasu (8 shaku or 4/5 gō [144 ml]) = The former standard masu size, probably because 8 is a lucky number. Ichigōmasu (1 gō [180 ml]) = The modern standard masu size, equal to a measure of 1 gō (0.18039 L) or 10 shaku. Nigōhanmasu (2.5 gō [450 ml.]) = Holds a quarter shō ...

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8. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   The system can be traced back to the measuring systems of the Hindus [18]: B-9 and the ancient Egyptians, who subdivided the hekat (about 4.8 litres) into parts of 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 8, 1 ⁄ 16, 1 ⁄ 32, and 1 ⁄ 64 (1 ro, or mouthful, or about 14.5 ml), [19] and the hin similarly down to 1 ⁄ 32 (1 ro) using hieratic notation, [20] as ...

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