ponderous

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/

Adjective

broadly figuratively rare obsolete

Heavy, massive, weighty. / (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive. / Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. / Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.

Japanese Meaning

重い、巨大な、重みのある / 厳粛な、厄介な、圧迫感のある / 不器用で扱いにくく、重さのために動作が鈍い / 退屈で冗長な、長ったらしい

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The ponderous tomes on the shelf made the room feel smaller and more solemn.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

棚のずっしりとした分厚い書物が部屋を狭く、より厳かな雰囲気にしていた。

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Sense（1）

Heavy, massive, weighty.

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Sense（2）

(figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.

It was Dryden's opinion . . . that the drama required an alternation of comick and tragick scenes; and that it is necessary to mitigate, by alleviations of merriment, the pressure of ponderous events, and the fatigue of toilsome passions.

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Sense（3）

Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.

[T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

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