Lingaku軽い【かるい】
Frequency rank: 406. – 407.
- light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)antonym: 重い
- light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
- non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
- slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy; simple
- indiscriminatesee also 口が軽い
adjective (keiyoushi)
Forms
- 軽い【かるい】【かろい】Frequency rank: 406. – 407.
- かるいFrequency rank: 36,082. – 36,518.
- かろい
Generated definitions (experimental)
- light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
- non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
- slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy; simple
- indiscriminate
This meaning refers to something that is not heavy or does not offer much resistance, making it easy to move or handle.
This meaning is used to describe someone or something that moves swiftly and easily.
When used in this sense, it indicates something that is not significant or important.
This meaning describes something that is small, gentle, or easy. It can also refer to something not harsh or serious, such as a lighthearted joke.
It refers to something that is easy or simple to do or understand.
This meaning is used for something that is not selective or is done without careful consideration.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かるい軽いきもち気持ちlighthearted feelingかるい軽いうんどう運動light exerciseかるい軽いふく服light clothingかるい軽いさいふ財布light walletかるい軽いじょうくジョークlight jokeかるい軽いよみもの読み物light reading materialかるい軽いげえむゲームcasual gameかるい軽いすなっくスナックlight snackかるい軽いつかれ疲れslight fatigueかるい軽いのみもの飲み物light beverageかるい軽いこみゅにけえしょんコミュニケーションcasual communicationかるい軽いしつもん質問easy question
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.
A light lunch at MacD's, coffee at Starbucks, then a few drinks with shabu-shabu - that's the way it went.
If you skip breakfast and keep lunch light, then in the evening you can have whatever you want.
Shall we go with cornflakes or something light from tomorrow?
8. きごう「ところでじんじゃ神社をしっています知っていますかきごう？きごう」きごう「かるく軽くふれる触れるていど程度には。しんこう信仰たいしょう対象となったそんざい存在、いわゆるところのしんかく神格をまつる祭るれいはい礼拝しせつ施設ねきごう」
"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."
Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.
I'll try giving the book "Reiko's Recommended" a quick skim read on the spot.
After a light swim, I came up from the water and sat down on the poolside.
"If it's a light workout, OK." "Right, so will we allow crotch-kicking and eyeball crushing?"
She therefore came up on this side, opened her own window and tapped her horn lightly to draw attention to the fact that she was there.