目方|めかたmekata[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounweight
   塩しおは目方めかたで売うられる。↗

   Salt is sold by weight.

• SynonymウェイトNeutralLoanword for weight or body weight, also importance, as in 「ウェイトを置く」; unlike the old-fashioned 「目方」.
• Synonym重みおもみNeutralWeight as a felt quality or heft, mostly abstract, as in 「言葉の重み」; differs from the measured weight of 「目方」.
• Synonym重さおもさNeutralThe most general, everyday word for weight, as in 「荷物の重さ」; the natural choice over the old-fashioned 「目方」.
• Synonym重量じゅうりょうNeutralWeight in formal or technical use, as in 「重量制限」; more formal than 「目方」.
• Related量目りょうめNeutralMeasured weight of goods or merchandise; old-fashioned and rarely used, like 「目方」 itself.

「目方」 is an old-fashioned word for weight measured on a scale (「目方を量る」「目方で売る」). In everyday speech say 「重さ」, in formal or technical contexts 「重量」, and for abstract weight or significance 「重み」.

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1. 量はかった重おもさ。重量じゅうりょう。