Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
ウェイト
ウエート
ウェート

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English weight.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ウエイト (ueito

  1. weight, force due to gravity
  2. body weight
  3. weightiness, importance

Usage notes edit

This spelling appears to be the most common.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN