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reesetee commented on the word rice cup
A common name in English for the Japanese go, a unit of dry and liquid capacity equal to about 180 mL or 3/4 of a U.S. cup.
November 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the word rice cup
Curious, in Japanese the word go means five. I wonder if that has anything to do with the size of this measurement.
November 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rice cup
Hmm...I'll check it out.
November 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the word rice cup
I thought maybe it was a vessel for sake.
It may be rice-wine to you, but it will always be sake to me
November 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rice cup
Uselessness, I found this: One go is 180.39 milliliters, 0.3812 U.S. pint, or 0.3174 British imperial pint. Don't know whether that helps at all. The only other reference to the Japanese word refers to a board game and doesn't seem to have much to do with measurements.
November 8, 2007
uselessness commented on the word rice cup
Hmm, those are all very awkward numbers, clearly this unit isn't part of any western measurement standards. I just wonder if it's equivalent to five of a smaller denomination in the same Japanese system. Oh well, I assume it's obsolete now?
November 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rice cup
The go, you mean? The definition I saw said it was a "traditional Japanese unit of liquid volume," so I suppose it could be obsolete. Oh, wait! Found this on Wikipedia:
"Japan: one cup is 1/5 litre (200 mL). A traditional Japanese cup (g�?) is 180 mL; 10 Japanese cups together make one shou, the traditional flask size, 1.8 litres. Sake is typically sold by both the cup (180 mL) and flask (1.8 litre) sizes. The cup size used for measuring rice is the traditional size of 180 mL. (For example, a 10-cup rice cooker has a capacity of 1.8 litre or 1 shou.)"
So it may have earned the name because it's one-fifth of a liter, yes?
November 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word rice cup
Yes! That is the logical explanation I was looking for! :-)
November 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rice cup
That was fun! Let's do it again.
November 9, 2007
bilby commented on the word rice cup
A common name in English for the Japanese go, a unit of dry and liquid capacity equal to about 180 mL or 3/4 of a U.S. cup.
August 31, 2008