Convert shaku (Japan length) to marathon
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Definition and details for shaku (Japan length):
The Japanese word shaku means "measure". It is used as a unit of length, area and volume. As a unit of length, the shaku is the Japanese foot, equal to 10/33 meter.
Definition and details for marathon:
Marathon is a long distance foot race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers. The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, who was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that Greeks won Persians in the battle of Marathon, in which he had just fought. Pheidippides ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "ΝΕΝΙΚΗΚΑΜΕΝ" (We have won.) before collapsing and dying.