負荷|ふかfuka[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbburdening; bearing; shouldering; imposing
- nounload (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; workload
- noun, medicinestress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 負荷する(ふかする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 負荷します(ふかします) |
| Negative (nai) | 負荷しない(ふかしない) |
| polite (masen) | 負荷しません(ふかしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 負荷せず・負荷せぬ(ふかせず・ふかせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 負荷した(ふかした) |
| polite (mashita) | 負荷しました(ふかしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 負荷しなかった(ふかしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 負荷しませんでした(ふかしませんでした) |
| Te form | 負荷して(ふかして) |
| Potential | 負荷できる(ふかできる) |
| Passive | 負荷される(ふかされる) |
| Causative | 負荷させる(ふかさせる) |
| Causative passive | 負荷させられる(ふかさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 負荷すれば(ふかすれば) |
| tara | 負荷したら(ふかしたら) |
| Volitional | 負荷しよう(ふかしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 負荷しましょう(ふかしましょう) |
| Imperative | 負荷しろ(ふかしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym負担ふたんNeutralFor bearing costs or responsibilities, as in 「費用負担」; 「負荷」 leans toward mechanical or physical loads and workload.
- Related荷物にもつNeutralMeans luggage or freight, figuratively a burden too; 「負荷」 is the load borne, also physical, mental or work strain.
- Related重荷おもにWrittenWritten style for a heavy load or responsibility, as in 「重荷を下ろす」; 「負荷」 is the more technical term.
- Relatedお荷物おにもつCasualColloquial for luggage or a person who drags others down, as in 「お荷物になる」; 「負荷」 is the amount of load borne.
- Related厄介事やっかいごとCasualColloquial for a troublesome matter; 「負荷」 is the workload one bears.
- Related厄介物やっかいものCasualColloquial for a person or thing that is a nuisance; 「負荷」 is a load or stress.
- Related首枷くびかせWrittenWritten word for a pillory or a figurative shackle; 「負荷」 is an amount of burden.
- Antonym無負荷WrittenWritten term for a no-load state; the direct opposite of 「負荷」.
Use 「負荷」 for loads on machines, circuits or the body, as in 「負荷をかける」. For bearing costs or duties choose 「負担」, for a heavy responsibility 「重荷」, and for a person who holds others back 「お荷物」; 「無負荷」 is its opposite.
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