せたけ – Vocabulary details

せたけ

Noun

1. stature; height

これで彼かれは僕ぼくと一いっ緒しょぐらいの背せ丈たけだ。This makes him about the same height as me.

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たけ

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

彼かれは平へい均きん的てきなせたけだ。

He is of average height.

せたけも違ちがえば、声こえも変かわっている。

Not only is the height different, but the voice has changed as well.

私わたしも今いまや父ちちとほとんど同おなじせたけだ。

I'm now about as tall as my father.

これで彼かれは僕ぼくと一いっ緒しょぐらいのせたけだ。

This makes him about the same height as me.

あなたの一いち番ばん下したの弟おとうとはせたけがどのくらいですか。

How tall is your youngest brother?

トムは今いまや父ちち親おやとほぼ同おなじせたけだ。

Tom is now about the same height as his father.

そうして正しょう面めんから見みつめ合あうと、せたけの差さを意い識しきする。

And when we look at each other from the front, I become aware of the difference in our heights.

せたけで言いうと、みんなして二にメートルは軽かるく越こえている。

In terms of height, they all easily exceed two meters.

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