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Meanings
- substitution
- material
- price
- margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something
- shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
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Example sentences
This fabric is often used as a substitute for high-end products.
Some old documents record the size of land in shiro units.
This material is attracting attention in the construction industry as a substitute for wood.
Since there wasn't enough margin for stapling the documents, I added more space.
It is said that during the Edo period, the unit called shiro was widely used when measuring the area of farmland.
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