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軽い [ichi1,news2,nf34]
【かるい [ichi1,news2,nf34] ；かろい】

[adj-i]
▶ light (i.e. not heavy)
▶ feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)

Cross references:
	⇔ ant: 1335750 重い 1. heavy; weighty

[adj-i]
▶ light (i.e. of foot)
▶ effortless
▶ nimble
▶ agile

[adj-i]
▶ non-serious
▶ minor
▶ unimportant
▶ trivial

[adj-i]
▶ slight
▶ small
▶ gentle
▶ soft
▶ easy
▶ lighthearted (e.g. joke)

[adj-i]
▶ easy
▶ simple

[adj-i]
▶ indiscriminate

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1275680 口が軽い 1. having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret

Conjugations

History:

3.	A 2018-03-01 00:04:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2018-02-16 04:26:58 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'm not sure the usage note is necessary. gg5 has plenty of non-adverbial usage examples for this sense.
	Diff:	@@ -27,0 +28 @@ +<gloss>effortless</gloss> @@ -40 +40,0 @@ -<s_inf>often as 軽く</s_inf> @@ -44,0 +45,2 @@ +<gloss>easy</gloss> +<gloss>lighthearted (e.g. joke)</gloss>
1.	A 2011-07-29 21:52:28 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -21,1 +21,0 @@ -<xref type="ant" seq="1335750">重い</xref> @@ -23,1 +22,1 @@ -<xref type="ant" seq="1335750">重い・2</xref> +<xref type="ant" seq="1335750">重い・1</xref>

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