重量|じゅうりょうjuuryou[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounweight
   体積たいせきが大おおきいからといって常つねに重量じゅうりょうも重おもいとは限かぎらない。↗

   Great bulk does not always mean great weight.

• SynonymウェイトNeutralLoanword for body weight or weighting — importance, emphasis, priority; 「重量」 is the objective physical weight of an object.
• Synonym重みおもみNeutralWeightiness or dignity, mostly figurative — the heft of words and responsibilities; 「重量」 is purely physical weight.
• Synonym重さおもさNeutralThe everyday word for how heavy something is; 「重量」 sounds more formal and technical.
• Synonym目方めかたNeutralWeight as measured on a scale; a traditional commercial term, as when weighing meat.
• Synonym斤量きんりょうWrittenWritten, specialized term: an object's weight, also a racehorse's handicap weight and paper basis weight; 「重量」 is the more general word.
• Related掛け目かけめWrittenWritten and specialized: weight as read on a scale, and separately a loan-to-value ratio for collateral.
• Related量目りょうめWrittenWritten commercial term for the weight measured out on a scale.
• Related斤目きんめWrittenRare even in writing; an object's weight as measured. 「重さ」 is the usual word.
• Antonym軽量けいりょうNeutralLight weight, as in 「軽量化」; it is the opposite of 「重量」 only where that word means heavy or heavy-duty, as in 「重量級」 vs 「軽量級」.

Use 「重量」 for the physical weight of an object, as in 「重量制限」. In everyday speech say 「重さ」; for the figurative weight of words or responsibilities use 「重み」, and for body weight or weighting 「ウェイト」. 「目方」 is a traditional commercial term for measured weight; 「斤量」「掛け目」「量目」「斤目」 are specialized written terms. 「軽量」 is an antonym only where 「重量」 means heavy, as in 「重量級」 vs 「軽量級」.

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1. 量はかりにかけて測はかった物ものの重おもさ。
2. 物体ぶったいに働はたらく重力じゅうりょくの大おおきさ。
3. 質量しつりょうが重おもいこと。