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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

軽けい量りょう

keiryou

lightweight

Example sentences

  1. この結果けっか、近年きんねんの車両しゃりょうは国鉄時代こくてつじだいに開発かいはつされた初期新幹線車両しょきしんかんせんしゃりょうより著いちじるしく軽量けいりょう化かされている。

    Resultantly, recently developed train-cars are considerably lighter than those developed in the era of JNR.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 超ちょう軽量けいりょう新素材しんそざいの採用さいようにより、従来じゅうらいの約半分やくはんぶん(当社比とうしゃひ)という圧倒的あっとうてきな軽かるさを実現じつげん!

    As a result of new ultra-light materials, our product now only weighs about half as much as before!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 軽量けいりょう力士りきしは一般的いっぱんてきには不利ふりとされるが、軽量けいりょうゆえの動うごきを生いかした技わざで大型おおがたの上位力士じょういりきしを倒たおす取組とりくみは大おおきな見所みどころとなる。

    Lightweight sumo wrestlers are generally thought to be at a disadvantage, but a lightweight wrestler can defeat a heavyweight superior sumo wrestler with a move that takes advantage of his weight, and such a match can be a highlight at a sumo tournament.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 軽量

  • 軽light; minorOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunかるい・かろやか・かろんじる
  • 量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

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