From: Aquinaswannabe hotmail com Date: 30 apr 2006 Subject: RE: Other questions about komadai Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? Repair corrupt files and harmful errors - protect your PC Take a 2-minute PC health check-up at no charge! http://click.topica.com/= caaeKAPa2i6YsbnuqMaa/PC Powerscan ------------------------------------------------------------------- The reason I asked whether the two pieces should be stacked is that if I= =20 stack them, they would measure to exactly one Sun, and the description=20 of the product is "Tabletop One Sun Komadai." What do you think? bogin wrote: >=20 > A "sun" (pronouced "soon") is just an unit of measurement that used to= =20 > be > commonly used in Japan. On sun is roughly 3.3 cms.=20 >=20 > Shogi boards are measured in suns so an 8 sun board would be bigger=20 > (higher > or thicker) than a 5 sun board. The height of koma dai probably=20 > reflects > the height of the board. Koma dais tend to be a little smaller that the > actual board so .5 sun koma dai for a 1 sun board sounds right. The set= =20 > you > have is probably one for each player > not two for one player so you do not need to stack them. >=20 > Bill Gaudry >=20 > --- Aquinaswannabe hotmail com =1B$B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!'=1B(B > > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? > > Repair corrupt files and harmful errors - protect your PC > > Take a 2-minute PC health check-up at no charge! > > http://click.topica.com/caaeKAPa2i6Ysa7fLJaa/PC Powerscan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >=20 > > Sorry if this question is a bit strange. > >=20 > > I bought some sets of komadai. Some of them are described as=20 > > "=1B$B!!&#N=3DR!&=1B(B" -- "Tabletop One Sun (=1B$B#N=1B(B, a Japane= se 'inch')=20 > > Komadai". > >=20=20 > > Now, one Sun is about 3 cm. However, a set of said komadai's consist > > of=20 > > two wooden plates, each one is 1.5 cm in height. So there's my=20 > > question: am I supposed to stack one wooden plate on top of another > > to=20 > > use them as one komadai (that way they'd fit the "one Sun" > > description),=20 > > or am I supposed to use them separately? > >=20 > > Appendix: I'm also speculating another possibility. Perhaps "one > > Sun"=20 > > is referring to the height of the board these komadai's are designed= =20 > > for. I also bought some two Sun's komadai's, and for these sets,=20 > > stacking one wooden plate on top of another would far exceed two Sun. > >=20=20 > > Any thought would be helpful > >=20 > > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > See the hottest games before your friends! Sign up with Ubisoft,=20 > > and you'll get access to exclusive game news, contests, promotions,=20 > > community forums, and more. It's easy, free, and secure. > > http://click.topica.com/caaeKA9a2i6Ysa7fLJaf/ Ubisoft > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > -------------------------------------- > Celebrate Yahoo! JAPAN 10th Anniversary > http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/10thann/ Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- See the hottest games before your friends! Sign up with Ubisoft,=20 and you'll get access to exclusive game news, contests, promotions,=20 community forums, and more. It's easy, free, and secure. http://click.topica.com/= caaeKA9a2i6YsbnuqMaf/ Ubisoft ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------