加か重じゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

weighting; aggravation; increase in weight or burden

Used in technical contexts for assigning weights (e.g., in statistics) and in general contexts for making something heavier or more severe. The する form can be transitive (to weight, to aggravate) or intransitive (to become heavier/more severe).

• この調ちょう査さでは、年ねん齢れいによる回かい答とうの加か重じゅうを行おこなった。

  In this survey, we weighted the responses by age.