1The most important point in a matter — the part that deserves the most attention, effort, or priority.
会議ではコスト削減を重点に議論した。
At the meeting, we focused the discussion on cost reduction.
教育の重点は読み書きの習得に置かれている。
In education, the emphasis is placed on learning to read and write.
新製品開発ではユーザー体験を重点的に改善した。
In developing the new product, we focused our efforts on improving the user experience.
2An old term for an iteration mark indicating a repeated character (see 踊り字); essentially unused in modern Japanese.
3An old, chiefly typographic term for the colon punctuation mark (:); essentially unused in modern Japanese.