丈

Meaning

1. n
   height; stature
2. n
   length (esp. of clothing)
3. n
   all (one has); everything
4. n
   magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
5. prt
   only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone
6. prt
   as much as; to the extent of; enough to
7. n
   3.03 meters (ten shaku)
8. n
   length; measure
9. suf
   Mr.; Mrs.

Example sentences

• コートを探してます。背が低いので、丈は短めで、なるべくすっきりしたデザインのものを。

  I'm looking for a coat. I'm short so the length should be on the short side, and as refined a design as possible.

• 彼女はセールス班の長なので、上司は営業部長だけだ。

  As head of the sales team she reports only to the managing director.

• 丈を少し詰めていただけますか。

  Could you make it a little shorter for me?