Word details

緩い

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

Dictionary

Entry

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease

15 strokesFrequency 933JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カン

Kun

ゆる.いゆる.やかゆる.むゆる.める

Nanori

ひろ

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