READING  ケイ、かる-い、かろ-やか
MEANING  light
JLPT level N2 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
かるい, かろい
light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily), light (i.e. of foot), nimble, agile, non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial, slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, simple, indiscriminate
てがる
easy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap
けいしょう
minor injury
けいそつ
rash, thoughtless, careless, hasty
くちがかるい
having a loose tongue, being talkative, speaking without thinking
 
Example sentences
軽い
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.
 
暖かい軽い空気は山越えすると上空に上昇し、地上には下りてこないことなど、風は地形によって変わります。
When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
手軽
年来の経済病には手軽にきく万能薬などありません。
There is no easy cure-all for old economic ills.
軽傷
その鉄道事故で死者三名、重軽傷者10名が出た。
Three persons were killed and ten were severely or slightly injured in the railway accident.
 
彼は交通事故で軽傷を負った。
He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.
軽率
彼は頭はよいが、他方ではしばしば軽率な間違いをする。
He is clever, but on the other hand he often makes careless mistakes.
口が軽い
彼女は口が軽い。
She is a chatterbox.
 
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