Kanji
軽
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JLPT N2Jōyō · grade 3freq #79012 strokes
Meanings
lightly, trifling, unimportant
ES: ligero, insignificante, poco serio, fácil
- On
- ケイ、キョウ、キン
- Kun
- かる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる
Common words
- 軽いかるいlight (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- 気軽きがるcarefree, buoyant, lighthearted, sprightly
- 軽快けいかいlight (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy
- 軽減けいげんabatement, reduction
- 軽蔑けいべつcontempt, scorn, disdain, despising, looking down on, slighting
- 軽率けいそつrash, thoughtless, careless, hasty, imprudent
- 手軽てがるeasy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap
- 軽視けいしmaking light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain
Example sentences
気軽にして下さい。
Please make yourself at home.
Por favor, siéntase como en su casa.
Tatoeba #183212(opens in a new tab)朝食はたいてい軽くとります。
I usually have a light breakfast.
Normalmente tomo un desayuno ligero.
Tatoeba #153039(opens in a new tab)他人を軽蔑するな。
Don't look down on others.
No desprecies a los demás.
Tatoeba #138481(opens in a new tab)彼女は嘘をつく人間を軽蔑する。
She scorns liars.
Ella desprecia a los mentirosos.
Tatoeba #91087(opens in a new tab)