the most important point; emphasis; the part given priority or special attention
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。
The emphasis in education is placed on learning reading and writing.
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 prioritized improving the user experience.
a (rare, chiefly typographic/older) term referring to an iteration mark indicating repeated characters (see:踊り字).
古い活字関係の文献では、同字の繰り返しを表す記号を重点と呼ぶ例が見られる。
In old typographic literature you can find examples where a mark indicating repeated characters is called 'jūten' (rare usage).
a (rare/technical) term that may refer to the colon punctuation mark (:) or similar double-dot mark; seldom used in modern Japanese.
タイポグラフィの歴史を扱う本に、コロンを意味する用語として重点が挙げられていることがある。
In books on the history of typography, 'jūten' is sometimes mentioned as a term used for the colon.