Illustration: Beside the shoe cabinet in a Japanese apartment entrance, a young adult lowers one arm to pick up a commuter bag. Their loosely fastened wristwatch slides from the wrist onto the knuckles, stopped only by hastily spread fingers. A conspicuous gap remains between the strap and the wrist.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

緩ゆるい

yurui

loose

Example sentences

  1. この靴くつは少すこし緩ゆるい。

    These shoes are a little loose.

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  2. このボタンは緩ゆるい。

    This button is loose.

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  3. メグの靴くつは少すこし緩ゆるい。

    Meg’s shoes are a little loose.

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Kanji in 緩

  • 緩slacken; loosenOnカンKunゆるい・ゆるやか・ゆるむ

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