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緩 ゆる.い、ゆる.やか、ゆる.む、ゆる.める slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease 1 933 15 120 いと・いとへん 形声 Phonetic [slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease] The thread in this story is a cable line, something like a power or phone line. The thread was tense with all the migrating ducks perched on it, but got back to being slackened when the entire flock flew away. (darg_sama-modified,2-11-2005). 1952

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カン ひろ 緩和(かんわ): relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening緩やか(ゆるやか): (1) loose; slack (2) gentle; easy; slow (3) lenient; liberal; lax緩む(ゆるむ): (1) to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope) (2) to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt (5) to decrease (e.g. speed) (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly緩い(ゆるい): (1) loose (2) lenient; lax (3) gentle (curve, slope, etc.) (4) slow; weak (5) soft; not firm緩める(ゆるめる): to loosen; to slow down S 糸: thread爰: lead on to; therefore; then 糸 6 (none) slacken Spiderman is a slacken off. He lays around all day in the park watching migrating ducks...

Kanji	緩
Onyomi	カン
Kunyomi	ゆる.い、ゆる.やか、ゆる.む、ゆる.める
Nanori	ひろ
English	slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease
Examples	緩和(かんわ): relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening 緩やか(ゆるやか): (1) loose; slack (2) gentle; easy; slow (3) lenient; liberal; lax 緩む(ゆるむ): (1) to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope) (2) to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt (5) to decrease (e.g. speed) (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly 緩い(ゆるい): (1) loose (2) lenient; lax (3) gentle (curve, slope, etc.) (4) slow; weak (5) soft; not firm 緩める(ゆるめる): to loosen; to slow down
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	933
Components	糸: thread 爰: lead on to; therefore; then
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	糸
Radical Number	120
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	いと・いとへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	slacken
Koohii Story 1	[slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease] The thread in this story is a cable line, something like a power or phone line. The thread was tense with all the migrating ducks perched on it, but got back to being slackened when the entire flock flew away. (darg_sama-modified,2-11-2005).
Koohii Story 2	Spiderman is a slacken off. He lays around all day in the park watching migrating ducks...
RTK Index	1952

Slacken E.G Lax Thread Loose Slow Lenient Relax