加か重じゅう

also: かちょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

加重する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	加か重じゅうする	加か重じゅうしない
Polite	加か重じゅうします	加か重じゅうしません
Past polite	加か重じゅうしました	加か重じゅうしませんでした
Past	加か重じゅうした	加か重じゅうしなかった
Te-form	加か重じゅうして	加か重じゅうしないで
Desire	加か重じゅうしたい	加か重じゅうしたくない
Potential	加か重じゅうできる	加か重じゅうできない
Passive	加か重じゅうされる	加か重じゅうされない
Causative	加か重じゅうさせる	加か重じゅうさせない
Causative passive	加か重じゅうさせられる	加か重じゅうさせられない
Volitional	加か重じゅうしよう
Polite volitional	加か重じゅうしましょう
Imperative	加か重じゅうしろ	加か重じゅうするな
Conditional	加か重じゅうすれば	加か重じゅうしなければ
Tara conditional	加か重じゅうしたら	加か重じゅうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

weighting; aggravation; increase in weight or burden

Used in technical contexts for assigning weights (e.g., in statistics) and in general contexts for making something heavier or more severe. The する form can be transitive (to weight, to aggravate) or intransitive (to become heavier/more severe).

この調ちょう査さでは、年ねん齢れいによる回かい答とうの加か重じゅうを行おこなった。
In this survey, we weighted the responses by age.
患かん者じゃの症しょう状じょうが加か重じゅうしたため、入にゅう院いんが必ひつ要ようになった。
The patient's symptoms worsened, so hospitalization became necessary.

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Usage patterns

刑けいを〈動どう詞し〉to increase (a sentence)
再さい犯はんの場ば合あい、刑けいが加か重じゅうされる。
In the case of a repeat offense, the sentence is increased.
〈事こと〉の責せき任にんを加か重じゅうするto increase someone's responsibility for something
この契けい約やくは当とう事じ者しゃの責せき任にんを加か重じゅうするものだ。
This contract increases the responsibility of the parties involved.
危き険けんが加か重じゅうするfor a risk to increase or become more severe
夜や間かんの運うん転てんでは危き険けんが加か重じゅうする。
The risk becomes greater when driving at night.

Kanji

加add, addition, increase
重heavy, important, esteem

Transitive / intransitive

加重 as a する-verb is used both transitively, as in 責任を加重する (to increase a burden), and intransitively, as in 責任が加重する (a burden increases).

Related words

重おもみ付づけ
重み付け is the everyday, practical term for assigning weights (e.g., in a calculation), while 加重 is the more formal or technical word for the same idea and also covers aggravation of severity.
悪あっ化かN2
悪化 means a general worsening of a situation, whereas 加重 specifically points to an increase in weight, burden, or severity (often in legal or statistical contexts).

Opposites

軽けい減げんN2
軽減 means to lighten or reduce a burden, the direct opposite of 加重, which means to add weight or increase severity.

Don't confuse with

過か重じゅう
過重 (also read かじゅう) describes something being excessively heavy or burdensome, while 加重 describes the act of adding weight or severity, so the two are easily confused despite the different kanji and meaning.
荷か重じゅう
加重 (same reading as 荷重) means 'weighted' or 'aggravated' (as in 加重平均, weighted average), an unrelated concept easily confused with 荷重's meaning of a physical load.

Word family

加か重じゅう犯はん
aggravated offense; aggravated crime
加か重じゅう平へい均きん
weighted average

Written forms

加重Usage100%
- かじゅう
  Standard kanji form; the reading かじゅう is the primary modern reading.
- かちょう
  Rare historical reading; learners should use かじゅう.
かちょう

Etymology

Compound of 加 (add) and 重 (heavy/weight). The reading かじゅう is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi; かちょう is a rare alternative reading.