量（りょう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: quantity/amount
Example sentences
- 今日は仕事の量が多い。 — I have a heavy workload today.
- 食べる量を少し減らす。 — I'm cutting down on how much I eat a little.
Idioms & proverbs containing “量”
- 感慨無量 (かんがいむりょう) — deep emotion; being filled with emotion
- 入るを量りて出ずるを為す (いるをはかりていずるをなす) — consider your income before spending
- 入るを量りて出ずるを制す (いるをはかりていずるをせいす) — cut your coat according to your cloth
- 情状酌量 (じょうじょうしゃくりょう) — taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
- 千万無量 (せんまんむりょう) — innumerable; unfathomable; unutterable
- 無量無辺 (むりょうむへん) — immense and limitless
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “量” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)