重
重

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

9 strokesFrequency 193JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ジュウチョウ

Kun

えおも.いおも.りおも.なうかさ.ねるかさ.なるおも

Nanori

さねしげしげる

Dictionary

Common Words

重いおもい～い Adj.Freq #427
1

heavy; weighty

Examples
体積が大きいからといって常に重量も重いとは限らない。
Great bulk does not always mean great weight.
2

heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy

Examples
前途に苦難があるという思いで彼の心は重かった。
A sense of trouble ahead oppressed his spirits.
3

slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy

4

important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave

Examples
私はそんな重い責任を引き受けたくない。
I don't like to take on such heavy responsibilities.
5

serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical

Examples
「彼の病気は重いのかな」「そうでないといいね」
"Is he seriously ill?" "I hope not."
6

solid; established; dignified; sensible

重要じゅうよう～な Adj.Freq #1112
1

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

Examples
その結び目を守るのは重要なことだ。
Maintaining that tie is important.
重ねるかさねるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1170
1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another

Examples
机の上には漫画本が重ねてあった。
The comic books were piled on the desk.
2

to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

Examples
彼は悪事を重ねた。
He committed one crime after another.
慎重しんちょうNoun～な Adj.Freq #2147
1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

Examples
裁判官には慎重さがなくてはならない。
Discretion is proper to judges.
重なるかさなるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2358
1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another

2

to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate

3

to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously

Examples
私の誕生日とあなたの誕生日が、偶然重なる。
My birthday coincides with yours.
貴重きちょうNoun～な Adj.Freq #2469
1

precious; valuable

Examples
あれは貴重な経験だった。
That was a valuable experience.
重大じゅうだいNoun～な Adj.Freq #2896
1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

Examples
彼は重大な発見をした。
He made an important discovery.
体重たいじゅうNounFreq #4013
1

(body) weight

Examples
ジョギングでもして体重を減らすようにしなさい。
Try to lose weight by jogging.
重みおもみ《重味》NounFreq #5113
1

weight

Examples
重みで氷が砕けた。
The ice cracked under the weight.
2

weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity

3

importance; significance

厳重げんじゅうげんじょうげんちょうNoun～な Adj.Freq #5564
1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm; strong; secure

Examples
トップエンジニアが、その車に一連の厳重な検査を加えた。
The top engineer put the car through a series of rigorous tests.
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