stone weight (for pickling)
Specifically a heavy stone placed on top of a pickle tub or similar container to press down the contents. Often abbreviated from 重し石.
See also: 重し石
I put a weight on top of the pickling container.
When my grandmother makes pickles, she puts a weight on them and leaves them overnight.
A weight used in a balance or scale for measuring mass. Less common than 分銅 (ふんどう) in modern contexts.
An old balance comes with several weights.
His presence acts as a steadying influence on the team.
With his retirement, it's as if the team lost its steadying anchor.
分銅 is the standard modern term for a balance weight, whereas 重し in that sense is an older or less common way to say the same thing.
重り and 重し are read almost identically and both mean 'weight,' but 重し is restricted to a pressing stone or balance weight while 重り is used much more broadly (e.g. fishing sinkers).
Used for weights or small heavy objects like stones, e.g. 重し (paperweight).
stone weight for pickle tub cover
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and common usage.
Especially used for the stone weight on pickle-tub covers.
A native noun related to 重い “heavy” and classical 重し, denoting an object whose heaviness is used to press or balance something. 重石 is used especially for a stone weight.