秤

(balance) scales

Abbreviation

carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke

thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine)

Fishing

spreader bar

Idiomatic expression

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

Idiomatic expression

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

scales; weighing machine

large beam balance; weighbeam

carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke

Astronomy

Libra (constellation); the Scales

two alternatives

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

measuring weight; weighing

ひょうりょう only

maximum weight (on a scale)

Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales

oscillation of a heavenly body; libration

spring balance; spring scale; pull tension gauge

beam balance; steelyard

a water level

automatic scales

to weigh on a scale

to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

Idiomatic expression

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

balance scale; balance

balance; scales

Idiomatic expression

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

platform scales; weighing platform

chemical balance

torsion balance

torsion balance

analytical balance; direct reading balance