重
heavy · important · esteem · respect · heap up · pile up · nest of boxes · -fold
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Cultural Context
Etymology
Shape of person carrying heavy bag. Weight.
Symbolism
Weight, importance, overlap. Represents physical and abstract heaviness.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Good old days
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
隠忍自重
いんにんじちょう
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something; (behaving with) patience and prudence
慎重居士
しんちょうこじ
very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person; very cautious person
捲土重来
けんどちょうらい
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts; recouping one's strength for a renewed attack
重厚長大
じゅうこうちょうだい
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry); heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial)
知育偏重
ちいくへんちょう
too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education; too much intellectual training
Proverbs & Idioms
重きを置く
おもきをおく
To place importance on
To emphasize
Poetry
八重むぐら しげれる宿の さびしきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり
Poem #47 from Hyakunin Isshu
いにしへの 奈良の都の 八重桜 けふ九重に にほひぬるかな
Poem #61 from Hyakunin Isshu