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斤量 (きんりょう, kinryou) Japanese meaning: impost | Kotomora

斤きん量りょう

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Meanings

1

impost; assigned weight

horse racing›

Horse racing term for the weight a horse is assigned to carry in a race.

See also: 負担重量

この馬うまの斤きん量りょうは58キロだ。

Kanji

斤axe, 1.32 lb, catty
量quantity, measure, weight

Related words

重じゅう量りょう
重量 is the common word for 'weight' in most contexts; 斤量 is more specific to measured weight, horse racing, or paper.
負ふ担たん重じゅう量りょう
負担重量 is a more explicit horse racing term for 'handicap weight'; 斤量 is a shorter synonym.

Etymology

斤 (kin, a traditional unit of weight) + 量 (ryō, quantity). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with measured weight.

This horse's impost is 58 kilograms.

2

measured weight

General term for weight as measured, often used in contexts like weighing objects or people.

荷に物もつの斤きん量りょうを量はかる。
Weigh the luggage.

3

basis weight; weight of 1000 sheets of paper

Paper industry term; the weight of 1000 sheets used as a measure of paper thickness.

See also: 連量

この紙かみの斤きん量りょうは70キロです。
The basis weight of this paper is 70 kilograms.