{ } n. [ F. arpent, fr. L. arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum. ] Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4, 088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English. [ 1913 Webster ]
[たてる, tateru](v1, vt) (1) (also written as 起てる) to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise; (2) to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into; (3) to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause; (4) to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate; (5) to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader); (6) to treat with respect; (7) to sharpen; to make clear; (8) (See 閉てる) to shut; to close; (9) (See 点てる) to make tea (macha); to perform the tea ceremony; (10) to divide by; (suf, v1) (11) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... vigorously; (P)#9067[Add to Longdo]
[しんけん, shinken](n, adj-na) (1) seriousness; earnestness; (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise); (P)#11081[Add to Longdo]
[けずる, kezuru](v5r, vt) (1) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; (2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; (3) to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete; (P)#19494[Add to Longdo]