- light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)antonym:
- 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
adjective (keiyoushi)
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- 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.
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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.
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.
"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."
"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.