軽い

Meanings

1. light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
2. light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
3. non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
4. slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
5. easy; simple

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 軽

  Meanings

  lightly, trifling, unimportant

  On reading

  ケイ、キョウ、キン

  Kun reading

  かる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• えりのスーツケースは重たそうだが、実際はとても軽い。

  Although Eri's suitcase looks heavy, it's actually very light.

  Tatoeba #227898 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 終わったあとも足が軽い感じがしました。

  I felt very light on my feet afterwards.

  Tatoeba #74145 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• しかし彼に大きなけがはなく、軽い打撲傷で済んだ。

  However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.

  Tatoeba #74950 · CC BY 2.0 FR