balances, scales, steelyard

10 strokesGrade 9

On

ショウヒンビン

Kun

はかり

Dictionary

Common Words

天秤んびんNounFreq #15176
1

(balance) scales

2

Abbreviation

carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke

3

thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine)

4

Fishing

spreader bar

天秤にかける天秤に掛けるてんびんにかけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #22782
1

Idiomatic expression

to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); to weigh (something) on scales

2

Idiomatic expression

to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

かりNounFreq #36670
1

scales; weighing machine

Examples
このはかりであなたの荷物を量っていいですよ。
You can weigh your baggage in this balance.
秤にかけるはかりにかける計りにかけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #44231
1

to weigh on a scale

2

to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

杠秤扛秤杜斤ちぎばかりちきり (杠秤/扛秤)ぎり (杠秤/扛秤) (杠秤/扛秤)ちき (杠秤/扛秤)NounFreq #62783
1

large beam balance; weighbeam

天秤棒んびんぼうNounFreq #75182
1

carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke

天秤座てんびん座んびんざNounFreq #92120
1

Astronomy

Libra (constellation); the Scales

両天秤ょうてんびんNounFreq #108528
1

two alternatives

Examples
両天秤をかけると失敗する。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
秤量ょうりょう (秤量)ょうりょう称量NounFreq #135577
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

measuring weight; weighing

2

ひょうりょう only

maximum weight (on a scale)

両天秤にかける両天秤に掛けるりょうてんびんにかけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #137869
1

Idiomatic expression

to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

Examples
両天びんにかけようたってそうはいきませんよ。
You can't have it both ways.

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