加重|かじゅうkajuu[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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


