ます
masu

Noun

1. measuring container; measuring box; measure

灯火 とうかをますの したにかくすな。
tomoshibio masuno shitani kakusu. na
Hide not your light under a bushel.
Noun

2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)

Noun

3. square on a grid; cell of a grid

チェッカー ばん くろ しろ ます交互 こうご ならんでいる。
chekkābanno kuroto shirono masuwa kōgoni narande iru.
The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.
Noun

4. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

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