also: ウエイト · ウエート · ウェート
noun
weight; body weight
Physical weight, especially body weight or the weight of an object. Common in fitness and measurement contexts.
最近ウェイトが増えてしまった。
I've gained weight recently.
このダンベルのウェイトは何キロですか。
How many kilograms is this dumbbell?
noun
importance; emphasis; priority
Figurative weight: the importance or emphasis placed on something. Often used in phrases like ウェイトを置く (to place importance on).
このプロジェクトでは品質にウェイトを置いている。
We place emphasis on quality in this project.
彼の意見は会議で大きなウェイトを占めた。
His opinion carried a lot of weight in the meeting.
Rare variant; ウェイト is strongly preferred.
Loanword from English 'weight', borrowed into Japanese with katakana spelling variations reflecting different transliteration conventions.