Conventional short pants with 2 to 3 centimeters in length of the leg are called sanbutake (literally, 30 percents of the whole length), the ones with the thigh length are yonbutake (literally, 40 percents of the whole length), half pants with knee length are gobutake (literally, 50 percents of the whole length), the ones with low-the knee length are rokubutake (literally, 60 percents of the whole length), pants with shin length are shichibutake (literally, 70 percents of the whole length) and pants with ankle length are hachibutake (literally, 80 percents of the whole length).
股下2～3センチの従来型の半ズボンを三分丈、もも丈を四分丈、膝丈を五分丈、膝下丈を六分丈、すね丈を七分丈、くるぶし丈を八分丈と呼称する。