計量|けいりょうkeiryou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasuring; weighing
- 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.
- 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.
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