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緩める [ichi1] ； 弛める [rK]
【 ゆるめる [ichi1] 】
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to loosen
▶ to slacken
Cross references:
  ⇔ ant: 1436570 締める 1. to tie; to fasten; to tighten
2. [v1,vt]
▶ to relax (attention, efforts, etc.)
▶ to let down (one's guard)
▶ to relieve (tension)
3. [v1,vt]
▶ to relax (a rule)
▶ to ease (e.g. restrictions)
▶ to loosen (control)
4. [v1,vt]
▶ to reduce (speed)
▶ to slow down
▶ to ease up
5. [v1,vt]
▶ to make more gradual (of a slope)

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2022-08-03 04:07:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-08-02 20:08:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 緩める　 │ 148,485 │ 75.0% │
│ 弛める　 │   4,802 │  2.4% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj, etc.)
│ ゆるめる │  44,651 │ 22.6% │
├─ーーーー─┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 緩めて　 │ 131,783 │ 71.4% │
│ 弛めて　 │   2,905 │  1.6% │
│ ゆるめて │  49,881 │ 27.0% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
2. A 2018-07-25 03:48:03  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<xref type="ant" seq="1436570">締める・1</xref>
1. A* 2018-07-24 21:20:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, gg5, prog
  Comments: 
Added kanji and senses.
  Diff: 
@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>弛める</keb>
@@ -15,0 +19,20 @@
+<gloss>to slacken</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to relax (attention, efforts, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to let down (one's guard)</gloss>
+<gloss>to relieve (tension)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to relax (a rule)</gloss>
+<gloss>to ease (e.g. restrictions)</gloss>
+<gloss>to loosen (control)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to reduce (speed)</gloss>
@@ -16,0 +40,6 @@
+<gloss>to ease up</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to make more gradual (of a slope)</gloss>

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