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緩い
Readings

yurui
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
loose

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
lenient, lax

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
gentle (curve, slope, etc.)

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
slow, weak

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
soft, not firm

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
in the negative as ゆるくない
Dialect: Hokkaido-ben
Dialect: Touhoku-ben
difficult, hard

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 緩い
is [x]
緩くない
is not [x]
Past 緩かった
was [x]
緩くなかった
was not [x]
Te-form, Continuative 緩くて
is [x] and...
緩くなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
ON: カン KUN: ゆる.い, ゆる.やか, ゆる.む, ゆる.める
slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease

Stroke: 15 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-6-9 FC: 2294.4


Phrases
この靴は少し緩い。
Parts: 此の (この) (くつ) 少し (すこし) 緩い (ゆるい)
These shoes are a little loose.