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[spec2,news2,nf37]
ます [spec2,news2,nf37] マス (nokanji)
1. [n]
▶ measuring container
▶ measuring box
▶ measure
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2142860 升売り【ますうり】 1. selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)
  ⇐ see: 1578400 弦【つる】 4. diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
  ⇐ see: 2826771 酒枡【さかます】 1. masu container for drinking or measuring sake
2. [n]
▶ box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1254480 穴【あな】 9. (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
3. [n]
《esp. マス》
▶ square on a grid
▶ cell of a grid
4. (斗 only) [n]
▶ square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)



History:
4. A 2023-12-18 02:38:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
中辞典: 〈計量器〉 a measuring box
  Comments:
I don't think splitting the senses further helps
  Diff:
@@ -31,0 +32 @@
+<gloss>measuring box</gloss>
3. A* 2023-12-16 18:10:08  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masu_(measurement)
A masu (枡 ("square") or 升 ("measure")[1]) was originally a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
  Comments:
Do we need a dedicated sense for the wooden box pictured here:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/枡

Or just do an image search for:
升
(copious and unambiguous results)

Clearly the box itself is something recognizable in its own right.

I came here from 升売り, which referenced the existence of a "wooden masu box". But I don't see that specifically in any of the current senses.  Something like:

[5] traditional a square wooden box used to measure rice and other foods by volume

Or something...  Maybe this should replace [1].  Perhaps the current "measuring container" itself is too general...
2. A 2012-10-14 21:52:58  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-10-14 11:40:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 (for sense 3 uses マス in examples.)
  Comments:
See rejected amendment to  1127800.
  Diff:
@@ -25,0 +25,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>マス</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -36,0 +40,1 @@
+<s_inf>esp. マス</s_inf>

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