Definition of "koku" []

• A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year. (noun)

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• ""koku"; this word has never before meant the country as a whole, but only the territory of a clan."
• "Japanconventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan local long form: Nihon-koku/Nippon-koku local short form: Nihon/Nippon"
• "Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan local long form: Nihon-koku/Nippon-koku local short form: Nihon/Nippon"