身長 – vocab dash

身しん長ちょう

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Meanings

Noun

1. height (of a person); stature

Kanji used

身one's body 長long

Pitch accent

しんちょう

Used in vocabulary

平へい均きん身しん長ちょう

average height; average body height

Noun

高こう身しん長ちょう

large-statured; tall

No-adjective

低てい身しん長ちょう

short stature

Noun

Examples28

息子むすこはもう私わたしと同おなじ身しん長ちょうだ。

My son is now as tall as I am.

私わたしはあなたと同おなじ身しん長ちょうです。

I'm as tall as you.

私わたしは彼かれほど身しん長ちょうがない。

I am not as tall as he.

私わたしは彼かれと同おなじ身しん長ちょうです。

I am as tall as he.

彼かれは彼かの女じょと同おなじ身しん長ちょうだ。

He is as tall as her.

彼かれはもうほぼ父ちちと同おなじ身しん長ちょうだ。

He is now almost as tall as his father is.