Kakeme - Kakeme

Japanese: 掛目 - かけめ

〘noun〙① Weight measured on a scale. Weight. Quantity (ryōme) . *Jōruri, Hakata Kojōrō Namimakura (1718), Vol. 1: "This coral tree has a pair of hanging weights of eight momme." *Essay, Kitamado Sodan (1829), Vol. 2: "It is said that there was a stone in Yamato Province whose hanging weights differed by light and heavy weights, so I wanted to find one and ordered one to be weighed." ② A multiplier used to determine the price of cocoons in the cocoon trade. Multiplying the hanging weight by the thread step gives the price of one kilogram of cocoons. ③ In knitting, one of the methods for increasing the number of stitches. Also, the number of stitches. ④ The number of stitches in a fishing net across its width. The size and quantity of the net is expressed by this number and the length when it is fully stretched out in the length direction. A normal net has 100 stitches.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① はかりにかけてはかった重量。目方。量目(りょうめ)。※浄瑠璃・博多小女郎波枕（1718）上「この珊瑚樹、対でかけめが八匁」※随筆・北窓瑣談（1829）二「大和国に掛目の重さに軽重有る石ありしといひしかば、求んと思ひて取り寄せ衡(はか)りて見しに」② 繭取引で、繭価を定めるのに用いる乗数。掛目に糸歩を乗すると繭一キログラムの値段となる。③ 編物で、編み目をふやす方法の一つ。また、その目。④ 魚網の幅方向の網目の数。網地の大きさや量はこの数と、長さの方向に十分引きのばした長さとで表わされる。普通の網地は一〇〇掛。

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