tsubon.
A Japanese unit of area, equivalent to approximately 3.95 square yards (3.31 square metres).
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1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. iii. 292 Woods and forests pay a..Ground-rent, which differs according to the number of Tsubo's, and the goodness and fruitfulness of the soil.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 810/1 Tsubo... Japan... 3·0306 [? an error for 3·306] sq. metres.
1972 P. M. Bartz S. Korea viii. 123/2 In crowded Korea, urban land is sold by the pyong (35·6 square feet), the equivalent of the Japanese tsubo (3·3 square metres).
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