重力

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Chinese

heavy; serious; to double
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 
 power; force; strength
simp. and trad.
(重力) 		重 力

Pronunciation

Noun

重力

  1. earth's gravity
  2. (by extension) gravity (of other celestial bodies)

Derived terms

See also

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Kanji in this term
重 力
じゅう
Grade: 3 		りょく
Grade: 1
goon kan'on

Etymology

Initially from Middle Chinese 重力 (MC drjowngX lik, literally “considerable; heavy + force, power”).

The gravity sense was a repurposing of the older term (the considerable strength sense) as a calque of Dutch zwaartekracht[1][2] to translate Dutch works as part of Rangaku studies.

Pronunciation

Noun

重(じゅう)力(りょく) • (jūryoku) ←ぢゆうりよく (dyuuryoku)?

  1. (physics) gravity, gravitational force[5]
    Synonym: (attraction, attractive force) 引力 (inryoku)
    • 2003 April 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation08 星(ほし)の謳(うた)声(ごえ) [Navigation08 Chorus of the Planet]”, in ARIA(アリア) [ARIA], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN:
      そう　確(たしか)月(つき)の重(じゅう)力(りょく)は地球(マンホーム)の⅙だったわよね　火星(アクア)の重(じゅう)力(りょく)は本(ほん)当(とう)は地球(マンホーム)の約⅓(やく⅓)の
      Sō tashika Tsuki no jūryoku wa Manhōmu no roku-bun no ichi datta wa yo ne Akua no jūryoku wa hontō wa Manhōmu no yaku san-bun no ichi
      So, if my memory serves, the Moon’s gravity is about ⅙ of Manhome’s. Aqua’s gravity, on the other hand, is roughly ⅓ of Manhome’s.
    • 2006 April 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ピリオド [Armed Alchemy: The End]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 10, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      こちらからも出(で)迎(むか)えに行(い)かねばだが　今(いま)の状(じょう)態(たい)ではその槍(やり)でこの星(ほし)の重(じゅう)力(りょく)を突(つ)き破(やぶ)るのも不(ふ)可(か)能(のう)　そこでこれを使(つか)う　大戦斧(グレートアックス)の武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)フェイタルアトラクション！特(とく)性(せい)は〝重(じゅう)力(りょく)操(そう)作(さ)〟‼これでこの星(ほし)の重(じゅう)力(りょく)の一(いち)部(ぶ)を反(はん)転(てん)させてお前(まえ)を宇(う)宙(ちゅう)へ打(う)ち上(あ)げる
      Kochira kara mo demukae ni ikaneba da ga ima no jōtai de wa sono yari de kono hoshi no jūryoku o tsukiyaburu no mo fukanō Soko de kore o tsukau Gurēto Akkusu no Busō Renkin Feitaru Atorakushon! Tokusei wa〝Jūryoku Sōsa〟‼ Kore de kono hoshi no jūryoku no ichibu o hanten sasete o-mae o uchū e uchiageru
      You’ll have to get to them yourself. You won’t be able to escape the Moon’s gravity with this lance in your current condition, though. So we’ll use this. Great-Axe Armed Alchemy: Fatal Attraction! Special Ability: Gravity Control‼ With this, I can counteract part of the Moon’s gravity, enough to launch you into space.
  2. (rare) considerable strength or power[2][6]

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 重力 (zhònglì)
  • → Korean: 중력 (jungnyeok)
  • → Vietnamese: trọng lực

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  6. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
重力

Noun

重力 • (jungnyeok) (hangeul 중력)

  1. hanja form? of 중력 (“gravity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
重力

Noun

重力

  1. chữ Hán form of trọng lực (“gravity, gravitational force”).
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