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緩い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 緩い

~い Adj.
Freq #6612
1

loose

Examples
この靴は少し緩い
These shoes are a little loose.
2

lenient; lax

3

gentle (curve, slope, etc.)

4

slow; weak

5

soft; not firm

6

Hokkaido-ben; Touhoku-ben; In the negative as ゆるくない

difficult; hard

Kanji in this Word

15 strokes
Frequency: 933
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

slacken
loosen
relax
lessen
be moderate
ease

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ゆる.い
ゆる.やか
ゆる.む
ゆる.める
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ひろ
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