noun
kin; catty; traditional unit of weight (approx. 600g)
Traditional Japanese unit of weight, still encountered in some contexts such as bread loaf sizes or historical references. One kin is 600 grams.
このパンは一斤600グラムです。
This loaf of bread is one kin (600 grams).
noun
Obsolete term for the pound as a unit of weight. Replaced by ポンド in modern Japanese.
See also: 英斤 (えいきん)
英斤は現在では使われない単位です。
The eikin (pound) is a unit no longer used today.
noun, counter
loaf (of bread)
Used as a counter for loaves of bread, especially in the phrase 一斤 (いっきん) meaning one loaf. The weight of a standard loaf is often close to one kin.
食パンを一斤買ってきてください。
Please buy a loaf of bread.
Kilogram; the standard modern unit. One kin is 0.6 kilograms.
From Chinese 斤 (jīn), a traditional unit of weight. The Japanese reading きん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.