斤きん量りょう

noun

impost; assigned weight

Horse racing term for the weight a horse is assigned to carry in a race.

See also: 負担重量

• この馬うまの斤きん量りょうは58キロだ。

  This horse's impost is 58 kilograms.

noun

measured weight

General term for weight as measured, often used in contexts like weighing objects or people.

• 荷に物もつの斤きん量りょうを量はかる。

  Weigh the luggage.

noun

basis weight; weight of 1000 sheets of paper

Paper industry term; the weight of 1000 sheets used as a measure of paper thickness.

See also: 連量

• この紙かみの斤きん量りょうは70キロです。

  The basis weight of this paper is 70 kilograms.