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重き (おもき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

重おもき

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Meanings

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noun

importance; emphasis; weight

Refers to the weight or significance placed on something, often in phrases like 重きを置く (to place importance on). Used in formal or written contexts.

この計けい画かくでは安あん全ぜん性せいに重おもきを置おいています。
This plan places emphasis on safety.

教きょう育いくに重おもきを置おく政せい策さくが求もとめられている。

Policies that place importance on education are needed.

Kanji

重heavy, important, esteem

Similar words

重じゅう要よう
重要 is a general adjective/noun for 'important', while 重き is a noun used specifically in the pattern 重きを置く to indicate where emphasis is placed.
重じゅう視し
重視 is a suru-verb meaning 'to attach importance to', similar to 重きを置く but more direct and common in everyday speech.

Etymology

Derived from the classical Japanese adjective 重し (omoshi, 'heavy, important'), with the nominalizer き. The form 重き is a fossilized classical attributive form used as a noun.