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天秤てんびんNounsbalance scales; weighing scales · carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke · thread take-up lever (sewing machine) · spreader bar (fishing)
秤はかりCommon wordN3Nounsscales; weighing machine
杠秤ちぎばかりNounslarge beam balance; weighbeam
両天秤りょうてんびんNounstwo alternatives; hedging one's bets
両天秤にかけるりょうてんびんにかけるExpressionstry to have it both ways; play a double game
両天秤をかけるりょうてんびんをかけるExpressionstry to have it both ways; play a double game; hedge one's bets
化学天秤かがくてんびんNounschemical balance; analytical balance
天秤ばかりてんびんばかりNounsbalance scale; balance
天秤にかけるてんびんにかけるExpressionsweigh one thing against another; compare the merits of two options · try to have it both ways; play a double game
天秤宮てんびんきゅうNounsLibra; the Scales
天秤座てんびんざNounsLibra (constellation); the Scales
天秤押してんびんおしNounslever pressing of a pickle vat
天秤棒てんびんぼうNounscarrying pole; shoulder pole; yoke
木槽天秤しぼりきぶねてんびんしぼりNounssake brewed in wooden vats and pressed with a weighted pole
水秤みずばかりNounswater level; hydrostatic level
直示天秤ちょくじてんびんNounsanalytical balance; direct reading balance
ねじり秤ねじりばかりNounstorsion balance
ねじれ秤ねじればかりNounstorsion balance
ばねばかりNounsspring scale; spring balance; pull tension gauge
秤にかけるはかりにかけるExpressionsweigh on a scale; put on the scales · weigh options; compare pros and cons; evaluate
秤動ひょうどうNounslibration; oscillation of a celestial body
秤量ひょうりょうNounsweighing; measuring weight · maximum weight; capacity (of a scale)
竿秤さおばかりNounssteelyard; beam balance
自動秤じどうばかりNounsautomatic scales
鋳掛け屋の天秤棒いかけやのてんびんぼうExpressionsintrusive person; busybody