adjective

  1. loose.
  2. lenient, lax.
  3. gentle (curve, slope, etc.).
  4. slow, weak.
  5. soft, not firm.
  6. Hokkaido-ben, Touhoku-ben.difficult, hard. In the negative as ゆるくない.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
緩い ゆるい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

slacken, loosen, relax
ゆる.い カン ひろ (8th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
lead on to, therefore, then
エン ここ.に (Kentei 1)
paw radical
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)