ウェイト

also: ウエイト · ウエート · ウェート

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

weight; body weight

Physical weight, especially body weight or the weight of an object. Common in fitness and measurement contexts.

Figurative weight: the importance or emphasis placed on something. Often used in phrases like ウェイトを置く (to place importance on).

〈事こと〉にウェイトを置おくto place emphasis or importance on something
この会かい社しゃは品ひん質しつにウェイトを置おいている。
This company places great importance on quality.
ウェイトを増ふやすto increase one's (body) weight
筋きんトレのためにウェイトを増ふやそうとしている。
I'm trying to gain weight for muscle training.
ウェイトを減へらすto reduce one's (body) weight
医い者しゃに勧すすめられてウェイトを減へらすことにした。
On my doctor's advice, I decided to lose weight.

重おもさN1sense 1
重さ is the everyday native Japanese word for physical weight, while ウェイト is a loanword often used in fitness or technical contexts.
重じゅう要ようN3sense 2
重要 is the standard Japanese word for 'importance', while ウェイト carries a similar figurative sense often heard in business or sports jargon.
体たい重じゅうN4sense 1
体重 specifically means a person's body weight and is more formal and precise than ウェイト when talking about someone's weight.
重じゅう量りょうN2sense 1
重量 is a formal, often technical term for weight or mass, whereas ウェイト has a more casual, fitness-oriented feel.

ウェイン
ウェイト means 'weight', while ウェイン means the moon's 'wane'; the similar katakana spelling can cause learners to mix them up.

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Loanword from English 'weight', borrowed into Japanese with katakana spelling variations reflecting different transliteration conventions.