Masu - Masu

Japanese: 升∥枡 - ます

A volumetric measure is a device used to measure the volume of liquids, granules, or powders. A volumetric measure is a device that is filled to the brim or to the graduations or indicators on the inside near the brim, in other words, a measuring cup is used to measure a unit amount. In the West, it is generally made of metal and is cylindrical, but in the East, wooden square or trapezoidal shapes were common until the early modern period, and there were also inverted trapezoidal ones, but in Japan, they were all square. In Chinese, it is classified as a measuring device, and in English, it is classified as a measure. Masu is a Japanese word, and there are various theories about its origin. The Seisaku Zusetsu suggests that it comes from the word masu (masu), which doubles in size from masu, tou, and koku, and that it is masu, and the Daigenkai also suggests that it means that it increases by stacking the combined masses and stacking the masses, but the Iwanami Dictionary of Ancient Japanese says that it has the same origin as the Korean word mal (masu).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

液体，粒体または粉体などの体積を量る器具を体積計というが，このうちこれらを口縁まで満たし，あるいは口縁付近の内面につけた目盛線または指標まで満たして，つまり盛り切って単位量を量りとるものを枡という。西洋においては一般に金属製円筒形であるが，東洋では近世まで木製の方形，台形がふつうで逆台形のものもあったが日本ではすべて方形であった。中国語では量器，英語ではmeasureの一つに分類される。枡は和語で語源には諸説があり《成形図説》は〈升，斗，斛（こく）と倍増してゆくので増（ます）からきた〉と〈麻須〉を当てており，《大言海》も〈増ノ義，合ヲ積ミ升ヲ積ミ相増ス意ト云フ〉としているが，《岩波古語辞典》は〈朝鮮語mal(升)と同源〉としている。

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