軽い

かるい

Also written かろい

Meanings

1. い-adjective light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) Antonym: 重い (おもい).
2. light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
3. non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
4. slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
5. easy; simple
6. indiscriminate See also: 口が軽い (くちがかるい).
7. light (shape or stones) (i.e.: stones that are not solid but can be used to sacrifice to gain something elsewhere) See also: 重い (おもい).

Kanji

• 軽 lightweight. Read as かるい.

Example sentences

• 何か軽いものがいいです。
  I'd like something light.
• 何か軽く食べるものある？
  Do we have anything I can snack on?
• もうすぐ昼食の時間です。手を休めて軽く食べませんか。
  It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?
• フルコースもあれば、サラダで軽いお食事もオーケー。
  You can eat a complete meal, or just go easy with our salad bar.
• その兵士は自分の傷を軽く見ていた。
  The soldier made light of his wounds.

Common phrases

• 軽いけが
• 軽い気持ち (かるいきもち) casual
• 軽い力
• 軽いやけど
• 軽い食感
• 軽い運動
• 症状が軽い
• 軽い症状
• 軽いノリ
• 軽い罪
• 体重が軽い
• 軽い素材
• 軽い食事
• 軽い痛み
• 軽い脳震盪

Words containing 軽い

• 手軽い (てがるい) easy
• 気軽い (きがるい) cheerful
• 口が軽い (くちがかるい) having a loose tongue

And 11 more.

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