VocabJLPT N4
meter
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. metre (unit of length)
  2. 2. meter
  3. 3. meter
  4. 4. Rice
This is the Japanese rendering of the word "meter," the standard unit of length in the metric system. It is borrowed from the French word "mètre" and is used just as you would use "meter" in English.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

How deep is this river?

Sentence 2

I didn't go outside even once today.

Sentence 3

It's right there — just twenty metres away!

Sentence 4

"Don't move a single metre," she said.

Sentence 5

Ugh, that last ten metres feels so far!