二十重はたえはたえMeanings1nounmany-fold; multiple layersRare, literary word for something folded or layered many times. Often encountered in classical poetry or set phrases.「二は十た重え」は、はたえと読よみ、幾いく重えにも重かさなることを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。二十重 is read はたえ and is an old word meaning many layers piled up.