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かるい

軽い

light (in weight)

karui

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Meanings

  1. 1
    light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)い-adjective
  2. 2
    light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimbleい-adjective
  3. 3
    non-serious; minor; unimportantい-adjective

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Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
軽いですかるいです
かるいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
軽かったですかるかったです
かるかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
軽くないですかるくないです
かるくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
軽くないかるくない
かるくない
Te-form (Connecting)
軽くてかるくて
かるくて
Adverbial (~ku)
軽くかるく
かるく

In a sentence

このthis椅子(いす)chairは軽(かる)いlight

This chair is light

Written with

  • 軽lightly12 strokes

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