加重|かじゅうkajuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
かちょうkachou
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbweighting (in averaging); aggravation
Conjugation
Dictionary form加重する(かじゅうする)
Polite (masu)加重します(かじゅうします)
Negative (nai)加重しない(かじゅうしない)
polite (masen)加重しません(かじゅうしません)
classical zu / nu加重せず・加重せぬ(かじゅうせず・かじゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)加重した(かじゅうした)
polite (mashita)加重しました(かじゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)加重しなかった(かじゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)加重しませんでした(かじゅうしませんでした)
Te form加重して(かじゅうして)
Potential加重できる(かじゅうできる)
Passive加重される(かじゅうされる)
Causative加重させる(かじゅうさせる)
Causative passive加重させられる(かじゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)加重すれば(かじゅうすれば)
tara加重したら(かじゅうしたら)
Volitional加重しよう(かじゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)加重しましょう(かじゅうしましょう)
Imperative加重しろ(かじゅうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related増加ぞうかNeutralNeutral and the most versatile word for a rise in quantity or number. 「加重」 instead suggests a heavier burden or penalty, or statistical weighting as in 「加重平均」.
  • Related増大ぞうだいWrittenWritten/formal prose: growth in scale or degree, as in 「負担が増大する」. It stresses expansion and is not used for heavier penalties or statistical weighting.
  • Related加増かぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose: simply 'increase', but in premodern usage it often meant an increase in stipend or fief; rare today.
  • Related累加るいかWrittenWritten/formal prose: adding the same amount step by step; stresses continual, cumulative growth and is mainly a mathematical term.
  • Antonym軽減けいげんNeutralNeutral antonym: to lessen or reduce a burden, the opposite of 「加重」 in its burden sense, as in 「負担軽減」.

Use 「加重」 for a heavier burden or penalty, or for statistical weighting, as in 「刑の加重」 and 「加重平均」. For a general increase say 「増加」, and for growth in scale say 「増大」; 「軽減」 is its opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. (かじゅう)重おもさや負担ふたんを加くわえること。
  2. (かちょう・かじゅう)併合罪へいごうざいや累犯るいはんに対たいして、法定刑ほうていけいをもとにして刑けいを重おもくすること。
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