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tsubo; unit of area (~3.3 m²)
A traditional Japanese unit of area equal to about 3.3 square meters, or two tatami mats. Still widely used for land and real estate.
この土地は五十坪ある。
This plot of land is fifty tsubo.
マンションの広さは約二十坪です。
The apartment is about twenty tsubo in size.
一坪は畳二枚分の広さに相当する。
One tsubo is equivalent to the area of two tatami mats.
Used mainly for floor space and land area in real estate. One 坪 ≈ 3.3 m².
COUNTING PATTERN:
- 1: 一坪
- 2: 二坪
- 3: 三坪
- 4: 四坪
- 5: 五坪
- 10: 十坪
The first three use native readings (一/二/三); from four up, the Sino-Japanese numbers are used. 8 and 10 commonly take a small っ (八坪, 十坪).