升・枡・桝・斗|ますmasu[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounmeasuring container; measuring box; measure
   灯火とうかをますの下したにかくすな。↗

   Hide not your light under a bushel.
2. nounbox (seating at a theatre, etc.)
3. nounsquare on a grid; cell of a gridesp. マス
   チェッカー盤ばんの黒くろと白しろの枡ますは交互こうごに並ならんでいる。↗

   The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.
4. nounsquare bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

• Synonym桟敷さじきNeutralSpectator seats raised above floor level in a theatre or at stands, as in 「桟敷席」; 「升」 usually means a square measuring container or a partitioned seat.
• RelatedボックスNeutralA loanword for boxes, theatre boxes and booth seats, as in 「ボックス席」; 「升」 is for Japanese-style partitioned seats or measuring containers.
• Related升席ますせきNeutralSpecifically the tatami box seat for four people at sumo or kabuki venues; 「升」 itself also covers square measuring containers and grid squares.

Use 「升」 for a square wooden measuring container, a grid square, or partitioned seats at a theatre or sumo venue, as in 「升酒」. Say 「升席」 for the tatami box at sumo, 「桟敷」 for raised stands, and 「ボックス」 for Western-style boxes and booths.

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1. 穀物こくもつなどの量りょうをはかるための容器ようき。
2. 劇場げきじょうや相撲すもうなど観賞かんしょうの場ばで、複数ふくすうの人ひとが座すわる仕切しきられた席せき。
3. 碁盤ごばんや将棋盤しょうぎばんなどの格子こうし状じょうの目めの一ひとつ。
4. 柱はしらの上部じょうぶに置おき、梁はりを支ささえる正方形せいほうけいの木製もくせい部品ぶひん。