一尺[isshaku] approx. 30 cm
滑り尺[suberijaku] slide rule
計算尺[keisanjaku] slide rule
三尺[sanjaku] 3 Japanese feet
三尺の秋水[sanjakunoshuusui] sharpened sword

三尺の童子[sanjakunodouji] mere child
三尺帯[sanjakuobi] waistband
尺貫法[shakkanhou] old Japanese system of weights and measures
尺度[shakudo] linear measure

杓子[shakushi] bamboo ladle
杓子定規[shakushijougi] a hard-and-fast rule
杓文字[shamoji] wooden spoon
茶杓[chashaku] bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
網杓子[amijakushi] skimmer (kitchen utensil)

御玉杓子[otamajakushi] ladle
柄杓[hishaku] ladle
金杓子[kanajakushi] metal ladle
茶柄杓[chabishaku] tea ladle
穴杓子[anajakushi] perforated ladle

玉鴫[tamashigi] painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
栗鴫象虫[kurishigizoumushi] chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
大地鴫[oojishigi] Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)

杓鴫[shakushigi] curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
田鴫[tashigi] common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
青足鴫[aoashishigi] greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)

磯鷸[isoshigi] common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
大地鷸[oojishigi] Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
中杓鷸[chuushakushigi] whimbrel (species of curlew, Numenius phaeopus)
アメリカ大杓鷸[amerikadaishakushigi] long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
大尺鷸[daishakushigi] Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)

尺鷸[shakushigi] curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
黄脚鷸[kiashishigi] grey-tailed tattler (species of sandpiper, Heteroscelus brevipes)
メリケン黄脚鷸[merikenkiashishigi] wandering tattler (species of sandpiper, Tringa incana)
田鷸[tashigi] common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)