JLPT N5 · い-adjective

軽い (karui)

軽い (かるい, karui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かるい
Romaji: karui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) · い-adjective
light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile · い-adjective
non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial · い-adjective
slight; small; gentle; soft; easy · い-adjective
easy; simple · い-adjective

Example sentences

えりのスーツケースは重たそうだが、実際はとても軽い。

Although Eri's suitcase looks heavy, it's actually very light.

Tatoeba #227898

終わったあとも足が軽い感じがしました。

I felt very light on my feet afterwards.

Tatoeba #74145

しかし彼に大きなけがはなく、軽い打撲傷で済んだ。

However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.

Tatoeba #74950

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

Conjugation of 軽い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	軽い	かるい karui
Negative	軽くない	かるくない karukunai
Past	軽かった	かるかった karukatta
Negative past	軽くなかった	かるくなかった karukunakatta
Te-form	軽くて	かるくて karukute
Adverb (~ku)	軽く	かるく karuku
Conditional (~ba)	軽ければ	かるければ karukereba

Kanji in 軽い

軽

lightly, trifling, unimportantケイ・キョウ・かる.い・かろ.やか · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 軽い.

軽蔑けいべつcontempt気軽きがるcarefree軽快けいかいlight (of movements)軽減けいげんabatement軽率けいそつrash手軽てがるeasy

Source: JMdict entry 1252560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.