Ageru - Give it to me

Japanese: アゲール - あげーる
Ageru - Give it to me

...These units of area are the area that a yoke of oxen can plough in a day, but it is difficult to reassess them in light of the agricultural practices of the time, so it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the actual status of these units of area. Other examples of similar units include the English acre (meaning ploughed land, like the Latin ager and the German Acker), the German Morgen (meaning morning) and Tageswerk (meaning a day's work).
[Amount (by volume)]
Along with the square for area, the idea of ​​the cube of the unit of length was used for the unit of volume, but there were also examples of standards of the (i) type, such as a handful or a scoop.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ager" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…くびきでつながれた牛が1日の間に耕すことのできる耕地面積といった内容のものであるが,当時の農作業のありさまに即して評価をし直すのは困難であるから,これらの面積単位の実態をつきとめることは不可能に近い。その同類として,イギリスのエーカーacre(語義は,ラテン語アゲールagerやドイツ語アッケルAckerと同じく耕地),ドイツのモルゲンMorgen(語義は午前中)やターゲスウェルクTageswerk(語義は1日の仕事)をあげることができる。
[量(体積の基準)]
 面積の場合の平方と並んで,体積の単位については長さの単位の立方(3乗)の考えが用いられたが,そのほかに,ひと握り,ひとすくいといった(イ)系統の基準の例も見られた。…

※「アゲール」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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