Illustration: At a Japanese elementary school's science table, a child places a small smooth stone on one pan of a balance scale. The other pan holds a much larger bath sponge, yet the stone's pan hangs noticeably lower.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

重おもさ

omosa

weight

Example sentences

  1. この箱はこの重おもさはどれくらいあるの？

    How heavy is this box?

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  2. 雪ゆきの重おもさで枝えだが折おれてしまった。

    The branch broke under the weight of the snow.

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  3. この石いしはあの石いしの２倍ばいの重おもさだ。

    This stone is twice as heavy as that one.

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Kanji in 重

  • 重heavy; importantOnジュウ・チョウKunえ・おもい・おもり

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