1.
weight reduction, losing weight, cutting weight
Intentionally reducing body weight, especially in the context of sports (boxing, wrestling, martial arts) where athletes must meet a weight class. Also used more broadly for dieting or reducing the weight/amount of something.
試合前に減量する。
To cut weight before a match.
医者に減量を勧められた。
The doctor recommended I lose weight.
ボクサーは計量に向けて厳しい減量に取り組んでいる。
The boxer is undertaking a strict weight cut for the weigh-in.
USAGE:
Strongly associated with combat sports where athletes must make weight for their weight class. In this context, 減量 refers to the often intense process of cutting weight before a weigh-in.
Also used in medical contexts when a doctor advises a patient to lose weight, and occasionally for reducing the quantity or weight of materials or waste.
Not to be confused with the homophone 原料 (raw materials).
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ダイエット: dieting, losing weight (everyday, from English "diet")
- 痩せる: to lose weight, to get thin (verb, everyday)
- 体重を落とす: to drop weight (colloquial)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 減量に成功する: to succeed in losing weight
- 厳しい減量: strict weight cutting
- 減量中: in the process of cutting weight