feet

Japanese: feet
feet

…equals 1/3 of a yard, which is effectively exactly 30.48 cm since July 1959, when the major standards organizations in the English-speaking world adopted the international yard. The plural form is feet, the unit symbol is ft, and it is also written as 〈'〉. The unit of measurement is 1/12 ft of an inch. …

*Some terminology that mentions "feet" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1/3ヤードに等しく,英語圏諸国の主要な標準機関が国際ヤードを採用した1959年7月以降,実効上,厳密に30.48cmである。複数型の名称はフィートfeet,単位記号はftで,〈’〉とも記す。分量単位は1/12ftのインチである。…

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