The metric equivalents for the traditional Japanese units of measurement given here are those determined by the Meiji Government during Japan’s modernisation process after 1868, and so should not be taken as being accurate for pre-modern texts.
| Length | Metric | |
| shi 糸 | 0.003mm | |
| mô 毛 | = 10 shi | 0.030mm |
| rin 釐 厘 | = 10 mô | 0.303mm |
| bu 分 | = 10 rin | 3.030mm |
| sun 寸 | = 10 bu | 3.030cm |
| shaku 尺 | = 10 sun | 3.030dm |
| kujira shaku 鯨尺 | 3.788dm | |
| hiro 尋 | = 5 shaku | 1.515m |
| ken 間 | = 6 shaku | 1.818m |
| jô 丈 | = 2 hiro | 3.030m |
| chô 町 | = 36 jô or 60 ken | 109.091m |
| ri 里 | 36 chô | 3.927km |
| Area | ||
| shaku 尺 | 330.579cm2 | |
| gô 合 | = 10 shaku | 33.058dm2 |
| bu or tsubo 歩 坪 | = 10 gô | 3.306m2 |
| se 畝 | = 30 bu | 992m2 |
| tan 段 | = 10 se | 991.7m2 |
| chô or chôbu 町 町歩 | = 10 tan | 9.917km2 |
| ri 里 | 15.423km2 | |
| Capacity | ||
| sun 寸 | 0.018ml | |
| shaku 尺 | = 1000 sun | 1.804cl |
| gô 合 | = 10 shaku | 1.804dl |
| shô 升 | = 10 gô | 1.804l |
| to 斗 | = 10 shô | 18.039l |
| koku 石 | = 10 to | 180.4l |
| Weight | ||
| mô 毛 | 3.75mg | |
| rin 釐 厘 | = 10 mô | 37.5mg |
| fun 分 | = 10 rin | 375mg |
| momme or me 匁 | = 10 fun | 3.75g |
| kin 斤 | = 160 momme | 600g |
| kwan/kan 貫 | =1000 momme | 3.75kg |