guñja (English spelling) gunja

Japanese: guñja(英語表記)gunja
guñja (English spelling) gunja

...The units talent and mina (or mine) were used to measure double the shekel, and it is said that the modern Western units of measurement, such as the pound and the kilogram, also have their origins in the mina. Regardless, the traditional British unit grain (also called Glen or Gerrain in Japan) is literally based on grain, and the ancient Indian unit of measurement gunja is also thought to be based on the seeds of a certain type of bean (one theory is that of the jerk bean Abrus precatorius). The unit carat, which is still used to measure the mass of gemstones, comes from the Arabic kilat and the Spanish quilate, which is also a type of bean.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "guñja" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…そして,このシェケルの倍量としてタレントtalent,ミナmina(またはミネmine)という単位が使われたが,近代西欧の衡であるポンドやキログラムも,どこかでミナの跡を引いているといわれる。それはともかくとして,イギリスの伝統的な単位グレインgrain(日本ではグレン,ゲレーンともいう)は文字どおり穀粒によるものであり,古代インドの衡の一つであるグーニャguñjaも,ある種の豆(一説ではトウアズキabrus precatorius)の種子によるものと解されている。また,宝石の質量を表すのに今も使われるカラットcaratという単位の名は,アラビア語キラト,スペイン語キラーテquilateに由来するが,これも豆の一種である。…

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