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緩やか

ゆるやか

na-adjective

Meanings

1lenient
2loose
3slack
4gentle (slope, curve)
5slow (speed)
6liberal
7lax

Example sentence

この学校は規律がやや緩やかだ。

Discipline is rather mild at this school.

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Kanji in this word

緩Slacken, Loosen, Relax15 strokes

More words with 緩

緩和かんわ · reliefN1 緩めるゆるめる · to loosenN1 緩むゆるむ · to become looseN1 緩急かんきゅう · high and low speed 緩いゆるい · looseN2

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