N21438/1725

秤はかり

nounnoun (generic)

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はかり

Meanings

scales, weighing machine

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Example sentences

この秤はかりは古ふるくて正確せいかくに測はかれない。

This scale is old and cannot measure accurately.

市場いちばで野菜やさいの重おもさを秤はかりで量はかった。

I weighed the vegetables with a scale at the market.

実験室じっけんしつには精密せいみつな秤はかりが備そなえてある。

The laboratory is equipped with a precise weighing machine.

その秤はかりの針はりがゼロを指さしていることを確認かくにんしてから使つかってください。

Please make sure the needle of the scale is pointing to zero before using it.

金きんの価値かちを測はかるために、商人しょうにんは精巧せいこうな秤はかりを用もちいて取引とりひきを行おこなっていた。

In order to measure the value of gold, merchants used elaborate scales to conduct their transactions.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)