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寸 : Measurement

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measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small,(radical 41)

On 'yomi:
スン(sun)
Nanori:
す(su) みき(miki)
Strokes:3
Radical:寸 (41)
Usage Rating:1669
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:6
Unicode:05bf8
jis208:32-3
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寸 Usage examples

寸が足りない(すんがたりない)too short
寸止め(すんどめ)stopping just before
寸(すん)sun (approx. 3.03 cm)
一寸先は闇(いっすんさきはやみ)No one knows what the future holds, The future is a closed book
一寸した(ちょっとした)quite a bit, somewhat, quite
寸進尺退(すんしんしゃくたい)one step forward, many steps backward, little to gain and much to lose
寸善尺魔(すんぜんしゃくま)in evil, there is odds, there is more evil than good in this world, one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen
餓死寸前(がしすんぜん)being on the verge of starvation, being about to starve
絶滅寸前(ぜつめつすんぜん)critical endangerment, verge of extinction
崩壊寸前(ほうかいすんぜん)on the brink of collapse, in a state of near-collapse
胸先三寸(むなさきさんずん)(a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it
八寸(はっすん)var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper, food served in such a dish