Digit - digit

Japanese: 桁 - けた

〘noun〙① A piece of timber that is placed over the pillars of a house or bridge to support a beam placed on top of it. A beam crosspiece. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 11.2644 "If the bridge at Itada in Oharida breaks down, I will not leave the beam, my beloved sister ." ② Beside. Nearby. ※Horikawa Hyakushu (around 1105-06), Spring "Connecting the lost horse of Tamada Yokono, On the border between the azaleas, the rosy flowers bloom ( Minamoto no Toshiyori )." ③ A vertical skewer that pierces the beads of an abacus. Also, the ranks of the abacus. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Mankintan (1694), 5 "The digits of the abacus were different." ④ A place in a number such as one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, etc. Rank. ※Seiyo Dochu Hizakurige (1870-76)〈Kanagaki Robun〉5 "I will make the country rich, but I will swallow the weight of my financial account ."⑤ Abbreviation of "hogeta (sail net)". 〔Nippo Jisho (1603-04)〕⑥ A fishing tool made of a wooden or iron frame. It is dragged over the seabed, and the claws attached to it are used to scrape up shellfish and also to scrape up seaweed. → Ketaami ( net )

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 家や橋などの柱の上に渡してその上にのせる梁(はり)を受けさせる材木。桁貫。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一一・二六四四「小墾田(をはりだ)の板田の橋の壊れなば桁(けた)より行かむな恋ひそ吾妹(わぎも)」② かたわら。そば。※堀河百首（1105‐06頃）春「とりつなげ玉田横野の放れ駒つつじがけたにあせみ花咲く〈源俊頼〉」③ そろばんの珠を貫く縦の串。また、そろばんの位取り。※浮世草子・好色万金丹（1694）五「そろばんの桁(ケタ)が違ふた」④ 一、十、百、千などの数の位。位取り。※西洋道中膝栗毛（1870‐76）〈仮名垣魯文〉五「国を富ますが専要と、胸勘定の桁(ケタ)をつばめて」⑤ 「ほげた（帆桁）」の略。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕⑥ 木または鉄製の枠でできた漁具。海底をひきまわし、これについている爪(つめ)で貝類をかきおこし、また、テングサなどをかきとる。→桁網(けたあみ)

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