Keyword
heavy
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1805
Readings
おも
(24%)
かさ
(16%)
(4%)
Composed of
thousand
home village
Mnemonic

Over a thousand folk call this their home village, it must be a heavy responsibility for the village chief to take care of it.

Used in kanji (8 in total)
move
seed
collide
heel
Used in vocabulary (682 in total)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
precious; valuable
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(body) weight
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
respect; esteem; regard
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to pile up; to accumulate
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
weight; heavyweight boxer
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
serious wound; serious injury
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
polite; courteous; hospitable
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
strong pressure; heavy pressure
paper-thin (difference)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
serious illness
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
pile; accumulation
importance; gravity
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
leader; authority; mainstay
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to repeat; to be frequent
chief vassal; senior statesman
regarding highly; attaching importance to
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
valuable article; valuables
felony; serious crime
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
multiple; multiplex
important person; strategic person; key figure
multilayered; doubled
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
heavy responsibility
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
severely wounded person
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
-fold; -ply
to emphasize; to attach importance to
serious condition; critical condition
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
weight; sinker (fishing)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
piling up; multiple layers
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
dual personality; split personality
critical (condition); serious
to age; to grow old
importance; priority
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
weightlessness; zero gravity
importance; emphasis; stress
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
serious illness
heavy industry
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
to age; to grow old
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
overlapping; piling; stacking
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
multiple personality; split personality
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
serious crime; grave crime
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
polite; courteous; hospitable
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
load; loading; weight (of a load)
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
heavy taxation
important matter; matters of weight
solemn; grave; impressive
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
seriously sick person
to be careful; to take the utmost care
multi-tiered food box
gravitational field
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
importance; seriousness
heavy oil; fuel oil
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
serious condition; critical condition
felony; serious crime
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
important documents; important papers
to lap; to overlap
important cultural property; important cultural asset
responsible position
second edition; additional printing
five-storied pagoda
slightly heavy; a little heavy
incommunicative; taciturn
sevenfold; seven-ply
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
seriously ill patient; critically ill patient; serious case
dual structure; double structure
instrumental quartet
instrumental ensemble
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
gravitational wave; gravity wave
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
military supplies (transported to the front line); military stores
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
important matter (for discussion (deliberations))
bottom; double sole
to find useful; to think highly of
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
to repeat; to be frequent
overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe
multistoried; multilayered
heavy artillery
to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed
close siege
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
feeling of oppression
five-storied pagoda
double-edged eyelid
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
graviton (hypothetical elementary particle)
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
to grow old; to age
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
double helix (structure of DNA)
serious (vital) question; a grave issue; a matter of grave concern
transport corps; army service corps
thin rice gruel; rice water
gravitational acceleration; acceleration of gravity
to have one cup of sake after another
successive generations
cautious theory; conservative theory
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
taking (something) seriously
double-edged eyelid
enhanced gravity; high gravity
overwork; working too hard
gravitational sphere (of a celestial body); gravitational field
stratified; multilayered
slow in start work
to fold and pile up
slow to act; slow in starting work
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
Chongqing (China)
important duty; heavy responsibility; responsible post; reappointment
heavy-hearted
low gravity; subgravity
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
weight restriction; weight limit
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
weightlessness; zero gravity
to pile up; to accumulate
tenfold
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
hidden double eyelid
to give an important position
single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold; upper eyelid with no fold
instrumental quintet
heavy punishment
single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold; upper eyelid with no fold
fences within fences
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight
slow of speech; prudent
double-glazed window; double window; storm window
double torture; double pain; double hardship; double whammy
someone with a dual personality
vehicle weight; car weight
double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop; multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)
large prize (e.g. in horse racing); generous reward
Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
weight loss; weight reduction; weight decrease
heavy breed (esp. horse)
deuterium; heavy hydrogen
double star; visual double
heavy (esp. in oil, chemistry, etc.)
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to pile up; to accumulate
dual nationality; dual citizenship
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
polymerization; polymerisation
heavy sentence
serious illness
severity (of an illness)
very important point
duplication; redundancy
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
heavy obligation
food packed in nest of lacquered boxes
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
intense suffering
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
gravity well (e.g. of a planet)
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
graded race; high-stakes race
double helix (structure of DNA)
multi-vehicle accident
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk
double marriage (in the same family); intermarriage
intussusception; indigitation; invagination
singing in parts
very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person
to call one's ability into question; to weigh one's ability
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
double blossom
serious crime; heavy punishment
double-flowered
to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles); to press (down)
slow of speech; prudent
many layers; many piles
heavy-water reactor
major imprisonment; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
double heading (using two locomotives at the front of a train); double-headed train; doubleheader
suit; set of boxes
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
serious cases (of illness)
(papal) triple tiara
food tray (used in the food industry)
multiple citizenship; multiple nationality
pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box
heavy additional tax(ation)
lazy; indolent; reluctant to get up off one's backside; clumsy
piling up; multiple layers
heavy load; burden of responsibility; heavy duty
dry weight (of a vehicle, food, etc.)
simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally represented constituency
too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education
food packed in nest of lacquered boxes
being prudent and cautious; caution oneself against
lifting (heavy load)
to lap; to overlap
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
taking care of oneself; looking after oneself
nest of lacquer boxes
densimeter; hydrometer
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
thick patch of mixed weeds; false cleavers (species of bedstraw, Galium spurium var. echinospermon)
cherry tree bearing single blossoms; single cherry blossoms
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
instrumental sextet
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
indirect translation; translation of a translation
reexplanation
doing twice the work; duplication of work
vocal quartet; four-part chorus
Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War
compound interest
to have aged without having accomplished anything
double weave; double cloth
heavy electric; heavy electric machinery
mixed on-kun kanji reading
soft track; yielding track; muddy track
treasure; invaluable person
second accession to the throne
redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)
multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand; (arch.) female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras)
small mochi placed on top of a big mochi; two things heaped together
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
layers of clouds
close confinement (in one's barracks)
multiplexing; multiprocessing
overstressing academic background
pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box
serious wound; serious injury
principle of superposition; superposition principle
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
good to soft (track condition); good to yielding
third-rate company director; executive in name only
double blind test; double blind trial
to fold and pile up
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
mountains rising one above another
box lunch with tempura
main; principal; important
crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
transuranium element; transuranic element; super heavy element
defence in depth; multiple safeguard; multiple protection
hard of hearing
slowcoach; lazybones; slowpoke
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month); Double Ninth Festival
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
Lagomorpha; order of rabbits, hares and pikas
rated capacity; net lifting load
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
dead weight; dead load; static load
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
bichromic acid; dichromic acid
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
many-tiered tower; pagoda
fourth jūbako tray; fourth stacked box
multiplex broadcast or transmission
power loading; weight per horsepower
multiplex broadcast(ing)
multi-tiered food box
to splash; to spray
slightly heavy; a little heavy
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
chief; leading; important; prominent
major imprisonment; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
special blessing
double-flowered
piling up highly; becoming a large pile
double weave; double cloth
mixed on-kun kanji reading
principle of superposition; superposition principle
combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum)
multiple star
sheet bend (knot)
stone weights on pickle-tub covers
once more; repeatedly
heavy liquids
head steward (of an estate)
sodium bicarbonate; baking soda
jacketed kettle; double boiler
double standard of morality
double blind trial; double blind test
heavy electric equipment
vocal quintet; five-part chorus
heavy-headed; haughty
to proofread again and again
to double the ranks
heavy media (liquid) separation
kilogram-weight; kilogramme-weight
full duplex transmission; full duplex communication
half-duplex transmission; half-duplex communications
half-duplex transmission; half-duplex communications
scrutiny; careful (close) examination (investigation); careful inquiry; careful selection
deadweight ton; deadweight tonnage
bent back; stooping back
banner clouds in layers
heavy electric (power)
heavy electrical machinery
dead weight; dead load; static load
potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7)
dual citizen; person having dual citizenship or nationality
carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance network; CSMA; CA network
carrier sense multiple access with collision detection network; CSMA; CD network
TDD; time division duplex
Time Division Multiplexing; TDM
time division multiplexing; TDM
FDD; frequency division duplex
multiple regression
multitasking; multi-tasking
multiplexer channel
multiplexer; multiplexing equipment
FDM; Frequency Division Multiplexer
OFDM; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
CDMA; Code Division Multiple Access
autumn garment
main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)
multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand
multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand
radiation-induced polymerization; radiation polymerization
multiple correlation coefficient
barite; baryte; barytes
baking soda; bicarbonate of soda
courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
loving and taking care of something
superheavy nucleus; ultraheavy nucleus
extra heavy oil; heavy crude oil
genetic load; genetic burden
weighting (numerical)
chrysanthemum; color scheme for a kasane
chrysanthemum; color scheme for a kasane
solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)
lap joint (in building)
live load (e.g. on bridge); liveload
respecting the intentions or wishes of someone
Cinderella weight; weight considered ideal for women
barium oxide; heavy clay
copolymerization; interpolymerization
law of superposition; principle of superposition
the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge
resource-hungry software (CPU, memory, etc.); bloatware
double flower; double blossom
issuing (the same receipt) twice; issuing duplicate (receipts)
overlapping seasonal words; having more than one seasonal word in a haiku
good luck does not last; (lit.) a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)
gross vehicle weight; gross vehicle mass
intussusception; indigitation; invagination
Mie (prefecture)
Tokushige Station
eightfold gardenia; Gardenia jasminoide
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)
Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm
tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
Examples (200 in total)
This book isn't as heavy as that one.
This book is very heavy.
This book is heavy.