咫尺

Chinese
8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
 
a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler
a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
trad. (咫尺) 咫 尺
simp. #(咫尺) 咫 尺

Pronunciation

Noun

咫尺

  1. very short distance

Derived terms
  • 咫尺之地
  • 咫尺千里
  • 咫尺天涯
  • 咫尺山河
  • 咫尺萬里
  • 天涯咫尺
  • 相去咫尺
  • 近在咫尺 (jìnzàizhǐchǐ)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
咫 尺
し
Hyōgaiji		 せき
Grade: 6
on’yomi kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

咫(し)尺(せき) • (shiseki) ←しせき (siseki)?

  1. (archaic) very short distance
  2. (archaic) meeting someone of high rank, such as Tennō

Derived terms
  • 咫(し)尺(せき)千(せん)里(り) (shiseki senri)

Verb

咫(し)尺(せき)する • (shiseki suru) ←しせき (siseki)?intransitive suru (stem 咫(し)尺(せき)し (shiseki shi), past 咫(し)尺(せき)した (shiseki shita))

  1. (archaic) to meet someone of high rank, such as Tennō

Conjugation
Conjugation of "咫尺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 咫尺し しせきし shiseki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 咫尺し しせきし shiseki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 咫尺する しせきする shiseki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 咫尺する しせきする shiseki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 咫尺すれ しせきすれ shiseki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 咫尺せよ¹
咫尺しろ²		 しせきせよ¹
しせきしろ²		 shiseki seyo¹
shiseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 咫尺される しせきされる shiseki sareru
Causative 咫尺させる
咫尺さす		 しせきさせる
しせきさす		 shiseki saseru
shiseki sasu
Potential 咫尺できる しせきできる shiseki dekiru
Volitional 咫尺しよう しせきしよう shiseki shiyō
Negative 咫尺しない しせきしない shiseki shinai
Negative continuative 咫尺せず しせきせず shiseki sezu
Formal 咫尺します しせきします shiseki shimasu
Perfective 咫尺した しせきした shiseki shita
Conjunctive 咫尺して しせきして shiseki shite
Hypothetical conditional 咫尺すれば しせきすれば shiseki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
咫尺

Noun

咫尺 • (jicheok) (hangeul 지척)

  1. Hanja form? of 지척 (“very short distance”).
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