重り・錘|おもりomori[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounweight
2. noun, fishingsinker

• Synonym重しおもしNeutralA weight for pressing things down, like a pickle-press stone; also a balance weight. 「重り」 is the general term for anything attached to add weight, like a fishing sinker.
• Synonym分銅ふんどうNeutralA weight used with scales for measuring, or a counterweight; the emphasis is on its role as a standard of weight. 「重り」 is the general term for an attached weight.
• Related沈子ちんしWrittenA sinker attached to a fishing net or line; a technical term found in written prose. In everyday speech, 「重り」 is the usual word.

Use 「重り」 for anything attached to add weight, such as a fishing sinker. For a weight that presses something down, like a pickle-press stone, say 「重し」; for scale weights and counterweights, 「分銅」. 「沈子」 is a technical term for net or line sinkers.

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

1. 重おもさを加くわえるために付つけるもの。
2. 漁網ぎょもうや釣り糸つりいとに付つけて仕掛しかけを沈しずめるための道具どうぐ。
3. 天秤てんびんばかりなどで重おもさを量はかるときに、釣り合つりあわせるための分銅ふんどう。