計量|けいりょうkeiryou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasuring; weighing
    計量けいりょうする前まえにすりきりしなさい。↗
    Level off the sugar when measuring out.
  2. noun, mathmetric; distance function
Conjugation
Dictionary form計量する(けいりょうする)
Polite (masu)計量します(けいりょうします)
Negative (nai)計量しない(けいりょうしない)
polite (masen)計量しません(けいりょうしません)
classical zu / nu計量せず・計量せぬ(けいりょうせず・けいりょうせぬ)
Past (ta)計量した(けいりょうした)
polite (mashita)計量しました(けいりょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)計量しなかった(けいりょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)計量しませんでした(けいりょうしませんでした)
Te form計量して(けいりょうして)
Potential計量できる(けいりょうできる)
Passive計量される(けいりょうされる)
Causative計量させる(けいりょうさせる)
Causative passive計量させられる(けいりょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)計量すれば(けいりょうすれば)
tara計量したら(けいりょうしたら)
Volitional計量しよう(けいりょうしよう)
polite (mashou)計量しましょう(けいりょうしましょう)
Imperative計量しろ(けいりょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym計測けいそくNeutralMeasuring numerical values with instruments, as in 「タイム計測」; broad in scope, while 「計量」 mostly means weighing or measuring volume.
  • Synonym測量そくりょうWrittenWritten/formal word for surveying land positions and area, as in 「土地測量」; also figuratively gauging. Leans toward terrain surveying.
  • Synonym測定そくていWrittenWritten/formal word for taking instrument readings, as in 「体力測定」; applies to a wide range of objects, while 「計量」 usually means weight or amount.
  • Synonym量りはかりCasualWeighing or measuring, or the amount measured out, as in 「量り売り」; carries a distinctly colloquial flavor.
  • Synonym秤量ひょうりょうWrittenWritten/formal term for weighing on a scale; also a scale's maximum capacity. 「計量」 also covers length and volume.
  • Related実測じっそくWrittenWritten/formal word for actual, on-site measurement, as opposed to plans or estimates; 「計量」 does not stress being on site.
  • Antonym目分量めぶんりょうCasualColloquial term for estimating amounts by eye; the opposite of 「計量」, which measures precisely with tools.

Use 「計量」 for weighing or measuring amounts, as in 「計量カップ」. For instrument readings pick 「測定」 or 「計測」; for surveying land, 「測量」. 「秤量」 is scale-specific weighing, 「実測」 on-site measurement, 「量り」 a colloquial term for measured amounts, and 「目分量」 eyeballing.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものの長ながさや量りょうを計はかること。
  2. 物ものの長ながさや量りょうを計はかる。
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