Everyone was surprised by the news.

I heard the cry of a curlew from afar.

This timber has a length of one shaku and one sun.

In ancient China, shaku was an important unit.

He fractured his ulna.

We launched a large-scale advertising campaign to disseminate information about the new product.

We have launched a major campaign for the announcement of the new product.

In old Japan, kombu was called 'Hirofu'.

I live in Nunoichi.

This barbarian cloth has historical value.