負荷(ふか)

ふか
noun
load, burden, stress
1. load, burden, stress
A weight or demand placed on a system, body, or person. Used in technical contexts for mechanical/electrical load, in fitness for physical stress on muscles, and more broadly for any kind of burden.
サーバーに負荷(ふか)がかかっている。
The server is under heavy load.
膝(ひざ)に負荷(ふか)をかけすぎないようにしてください。
Please don't put too much stress on your knees.
環境(かんきょう)への負荷(ふか)を減(へ)らすために、リサイクルを推進(すいしん)している。
We are promoting recycling to reduce the burden on the environment.

USAGE:
負荷(ふか) is versatile and appears in technical, medical, fitness, and environmental contexts. The most common pattern is 負荷(ふか)がかかる (load is applied) and 負荷(ふか)をかける (to apply load). In computing, it refers to system load; in exercise, to the intensity of training.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 負荷(ふか)がかかる: load/stress is applied
  • 負荷(ふか)をかける: to apply load/stress
  • 負荷(ふか)を軽減(けいげん)する: to reduce the load
  • 高(こう)負荷(ふか): high load
  • 負荷(ふか)試験(しけん): load test, stress test
  • 環境(かんきょう)負荷(ふか): environmental burden

SIMILAR WORDS:
負担(ふたん) (burden, share) is used more for financial or personal burdens. 負荷(ふか) is more technical and physical. {ストレス} (stress) is the common loanword used in everyday conversation about mental pressure.

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