JLPT N2 · い-adjective

緩い (yurui)

緩い (ゆるい, yurui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “loose”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆるい
Romaji: yurui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

loose · い-adjective
lenient; lax · い-adjective
gentle (curve, slope, etc.) · い-adjective
slow; weak · い-adjective
soft; not firm · い-adjective

Example sentences

この靴は少し緩い。

These shoes are a little loose.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 緩い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	緩い	ゆるい yurui
Negative	緩くない	ゆるくない yurukunai
Past	緩かった	ゆるかった yurukatta
Negative past	緩くなかった	ゆるくなかった yurukunakatta
Te-form	緩くて	ゆるくて yurukute
Adverb (~ku)	緩く	ゆるく yuruku
Conditional (~ba)	緩ければ	ゆるければ yurukereba

Kanji in 緩い

slacken, loosen, relaxカン・ゆる.い・ゆる.やか · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 緩い.

緩和かんわrelief緩むゆるむto become loose緩めるゆるめるto loosen緩やかゆるやかloose

Source: JMdict entry 1214410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.