Illustration: Two neighbors are hanging a freshly washed futon cover from a rope across a courtyard. At one post, a poorly secured knot is visibly slipping, its free tail sliding through the loop as extra rope feeds into the span.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

たるむ

tarumu

to sag, to loosen

Example sentences

  1. 加齢かれいによって体からだの皮膚ひふが弛たるみはじめます。

    As we age, the skin on our bodies begins to sag.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  2. 当然布とうぜんぬのの余あまり分ぶんが出でてくるが、動うごきにくくならないように裾すそを膝ひざあたりやくるぶしに紐ひもで括くくってたるませていた。

    Naturally, there was excess fabric, but they tied the hems with cords around the knees or ankles and let them hang loose so they would not restrict movement.

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

  3. 洗濯物せんたくものを干ほすと、ロープがたるんだ。

    The rope sagged when I hung up the laundry.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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