Illustration: On a paved path beside a Japanese river, a jogger has stopped and lifted one shoe slightly to inspect its laces. The bow remains barely tied, but its loops have stretched unevenly and the crossing laces sag away from the tongue. The other shoe is still neatly secured.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

緩ゆるむ

yurumu

to become loose, to slacken

Example sentences

  1. 普通ふつうネジはね、のの字じに回まわすと締しまって、のの字じの反対はんたいに回まわすと緩ゆるむんだよ。

    Normal screws when turned clockwise will tighten and when turned anti-clockwise will loosen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 高綱たかつなが「馬うまの腹帯はらおびが緩ゆるんでいる。絞しめ給たまえ」と助言じょげんした。

    Takatsuna advised, “The horse’s girth is loose. Tighten it.”

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

  3. 時計とけいのぜんまいが緩ゆるんだ

    The clock’s spring wound down.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 緩

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

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