Height - Shincho

Japanese: 身長 - しんちょう

The vertical distance from the floor to the top of the head when a human is standing upright. It is the most representative value that indicates the size of the human body. Height is almost the length of the skeleton itself, so it is relatively unaffected by external or acquired influences and is stable. It is also considered to be an extremely important value along with weight because it is the largest measure of the human body in the unique upright posture of humans. It also indicates racial characteristics, and a group of adult males whose average height is 160 to 170 cm is called medium height, those above that are called tall, and those below that are called short. In addition, height can be several to tens of mm shorter a few hours after waking up, depending on the degree of spinal curvature caused by fatigue. In general, height is at its peak at around 17 years old for boys and 13 years old for girls.

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Japanese:

人間が直立したときの床面から頭頂までの垂直距離。人間の体の大きさを表わす最も代表的な数値。身長はほとんど骨格自体の長さであるため，外的あるいは後天的影響を比較的受けにくく安定しており，人間独特の直立姿勢における人体の最大尺度であるため，体重とともにきわめて重要な値とされる。人種特徴をも表わし，集団内の成人男子の平均値が 160～170cmの集団を中身長，それ以上を高身長，それ以下を低身長という。また，身長は疲労による脊柱湾曲の度合いにより同一人でも起床直後に比べて，数時間後は数 mmから十数 mm程度低くなる。一般に男子 17歳，女子 13歳頃の発達が最高である。

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