noun
unloaded weight; dead load; tare
Technical term for the weight of a vehicle or structure without cargo, passengers, or contents.
このトラックの自重は約5トンです。
The unloaded weight of this truck is about 5 tons.
noun
one's own weight
Refers to the weight of a person or object itself, often in contexts like bearing one's own weight or collapsing under its own weight.
彼は自重で床が抜けるのではないかと心配した。
He worried that the floor might give way under his own weight.