The is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku). The exact value has varied over time and location but has generally been a little shorter than . It is now standardized as 1.82 m. Although mostly supplanted by the metric system, this unit is a common measurement in Japanese architecture, where it is used as a proportion for the intervals between the pillars of traditional-style buildings. In this context, it is commonly translated as "bay". The length also appears in other contexts, such as the standard length of the bō staff in Japanese martial arts and the standard dimensions of the tatami mats. As these are used to cover the floors of most Japanese houses, floor surfaces are still commonly measured not in square meters but in "tatami" which are equivalent to half of a square ken. Word Among English loanwords of Japanese origin, both ken and ma are derived from readings of the same character .

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Notable quotes

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
— Ed Rowell, The Foreign Service Journal - August 1996 p.5 (AFSA News section)
“No vision can grasp him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.”
— Quran 6:103
“From now on, everything in life will appear blurry to me. What’s the point of wiping my glasses when my vision has already left me?”
— Sanu Sharma, Pari
“Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.”
— Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects), 1745
“Vision without implementation is hallucination.”
— Anonymous proverb, as quoted in Counterpoint, Vol. 2-3 (1991), p. 22 by Ravaya Publishers; sometimes attributed to Bertrand Russell and Benjamin Franklin on the internet, but without any citation of source.
“Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
— A monster frightful, formless, immense, with sight removed.

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Notable quotes

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
— Ed Rowell, The Foreign Service Journal - August 1996 p.5 (AFSA News section)
“No vision can grasp him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.”
— Quran 6:103
“From now on, everything in life will appear blurry to me. What’s the point of wiping my glasses when my vision has already left me?”
— Sanu Sharma, Pari
“Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.”
— Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects), 1745
“Vision without implementation is hallucination.”
— Anonymous proverb, as quoted in Counterpoint, Vol. 2-3 (1991), p. 22 by Ravaya Publishers; sometimes attributed to Bertrand Russell and Benjamin Franklin on the internet, but without any citation of source.
“Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
— A monster frightful, formless, immense, with sight removed.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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The is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku). The exact value has varied over time and location but has generally been a little shorter than . It is now standardized as 1.82 m.

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The is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku). The exact value has varied over time and location but has generally been a little shorter than . It is now standardized as 1.82 m. Although mostly supplanted by the metric system, this unit is a common measurement in Japanese architecture, where it is used as a proportion for the intervals between the pillars of traditional-style buildings. In this context, it is commonly translated as "bay". The length also appears in other contexts, such as the standard length of the bō staff in Japanese martial arts and the standard dimensions of the tatami mats. As these are used to cover the floors of most Japanese houses, floor surfaces are still commonly measured not in square meters but in "tatami" which are equivalent to half of a square ken. Word Among English loanwords of Japanese origin, both ken and ma are derived from readings of the same character .

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