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錘: weight

weight; sinker; spindle
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Readings

On
スイ
Kun
つむ・おもり

Don't confuse with 錐 (きり, awl). 錘 is おもり (a weight, as on a fishing line) and スイ in 紡錘 (spindle).

Key words

錘おもりweight; sinker
紡錘ぼうすいspindle
紡錘形ぼうすいけいspindle shape
鉛錘えんすいlead weight

Example sentences

I attached a small sinker to the fishing line and let it sink to the river bottom.

Tuna have a spindle-shaped body and can swim fast.

People in the past spun thread by turning a spindle.

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