身丈

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 身丈 is read as みたけ and is a noun for a person’s height or the vertical length of a garment.
• Basic usage: A kimono length fitting the wearer appears in 着物の身丈が合う, while shortening a jacket’s length appears in 上着の身丈を短くする.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Height and garment length
  • It can denote a person’s stature, but in tailoring contexts it means the top-to-bottom length of clothing.
• Difference from 身長
  • Unlike the word focused on a measured body height, this term is especially common for garment length fitted to the body.