数量|すうりょうsuuryou[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounquantity; volume; amount

• Synonym量りょうNeutralThe broadest word for amount or quantity, as in 「量が多い」. 「数量」 narrows this to countable numbers and amounts.
• Synonym分量ぶんりょうNeutralEmphasizes weight or portion size, as in 「薬の分量」. 「数量」 centers on countable numbers and amounts.
• Synonym数かずNeutralEveryday word for a number or count, common in speech, as in 「数が足りない」. 「数量」 is more formal and also covers amounts.
• Synonym高たかNeutralMostly a suffix for monetary amounts or output, as in 「売上高」「生産高」. 「数量」 is more general-purpose.
• Related量目りょうめWrittenWritten/formal term for the weight of goods, mainly in commerce. 「数量」 centers on countable numbers and amounts.
• RelatedクオンティティNeutralRare loanword for quantity, usually set against 「クオリティ」. In everyday speech say 「数量」.
• Antonym質しつNeutralThe antonym: quality as opposed to quantity, as in 「質より量」.

Use 「数量」 for countable numbers and amounts, as in 「数量限定」. In speech a plain count is 「数」; amount or weight is 「量」 or 「分量」; money or output figures take the suffix 「高」. 「量目」 is a formal commercial term for weight; クオンティティ is a rare loanword. Opposite: 「質」.

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1. 物ものの個数こすう及および分量ぶんりょう。