重力(じゅうりょく)

じゅうりょく
noun
gravity; gravitational force
nature
1. gravity; gravitational force
gravity; gravitational force
重力(じゅうりょく)で物(もの)が落(お)ちる。
Things fall due to gravity.
月(つき)の重力(じゅうりょく)は地球(ちきゅう)の約(やく)6分(ぶん)の1だ。
The Moon's gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's.
宇宙(うちゅう)ステーションでは重力(じゅうりょく)がほとんど感(かん)じられない。
On the space station, gravity is barely felt.
ニュートンは落(お)ちるリンゴを見(み)て重力(じゅうりょく)の法則(ほうそく)を発見(はっけん)したと言(い)われている。
Newton is said to have discovered the law of gravity upon seeing an apple fall.

The fundamental force that attracts objects toward the center of a massive body such as a planet. In everyday Japanese, used frequently in science education and also figuratively in expressions about being pulled toward something.

Common collocations

Related words

  • 引力(いんりょく): attractive force, gravitation — a more general term for any pulling force
  • 万有引力(ばんゆういんりょく): universal gravitation (Newton's concept)
  • 遠心力(えんしんりょく): centrifugal force — the outward counterpart

Related Words

Related: 引力(いんりょく) (attractive force, gravitation)
Related: 浮力(ふりょく) (buoyancy)
Compare: 外力(がいりょく) (external force)
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Added 2026.4.24 23:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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