Kanji 升 Words: Meanings and Readings

ます

box (seating at a theatre, etc.)

ひとます

one square on a grid

ますめ

box (e.g. on a form)

いっしょう

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

いっしょうびん

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

いっしょうもち

large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)

いぬしょうま

Japanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata)

さらしなしょうま

bugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)

しょう

shō

ますわり

break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.)

ますざけ

alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box

ますせき

tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

ますぐみ

square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)

ますうり

selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)

とがた

rectangular space between the inner and outer gates of a castle (where troops can gather)

れんげしょうま

false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)