THE WORD · N5
軽い
light (weight)
Adjective to い
彼は口が軽い。
He's got a big mouth.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : thowas
Parts of speech
Adjective to い
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- light (i.e. not heavy)
- feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot)
- effortless
- nimble
- agile
- non-serious
- minor
- unimportant
- trivial
- slight
- small
- gentle
- soft
- easy
- lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- simple
- indiscriminate
- light (shape or stones)
- stones that are not solid but can be used to sacrifice to gain something elsewhere