JLPT N1 · Verb

緩める (yurumeru)

緩める (ゆるめる, yurumeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to loosen; to slacken”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆるめる
Romaji: yurumeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to loosen; to slacken · ichidan verb, transitive
to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension) · ichidan verb, transitive
to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control) · ichidan verb, transitive
to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up · ichidan verb, transitive
to make more gradual (of a slope) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

その規則は最近緩められた。

The rules were recently relaxed.

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

Conjugation of 緩める

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	緩める	ゆるめる yurumeru
Polite (~masu)	緩めます	ゆるめます yurumemasu
Negative	緩めない	ゆるめない yurumenai
Polite negative	緩めません	ゆるめません yurumemasen
Past	緩めた	ゆるめた yurumeta
Polite past	緩めました	ゆるめました yurumemashita
Negative past	緩めなかった	ゆるめなかった yurumenakatta
Te-form	緩めて	ゆるめて yurumete
Potential	緩められる	ゆるめられる yurumerareru
Passive	緩められる	ゆるめられる yurumerareru
Causative	緩めさせる	ゆるめさせる yurumesaseru
Volitional	緩めよう	ゆるめよう yurumeyou
Imperative	緩めろ	ゆるめろ yurumero
Conditional (~ba)	緩めれば	ゆるめれば yurumereba

Kanji in 緩める

緩

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 緩める.

緩いゆるいloose緩和かんわrelief緩むゆるむto become loose緩やかゆるやかloose

Source: JMdict entry 1214440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.