Kanji1 / 15
緩 kanji
slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カン
Kun readings
ゆるいゆるやかゆるむゆるめる
Words with 緩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —緩衝弁cushion valve
- —緩徐曲adagio
- —緩衝材cushioning; packaging
- —緩急車brake van; guard's van; caboose
- —緩叙法litotes (figure of speech); meiosis
- —緩染剤dye retardant
- —緩和法relaxation method
- —緩斜面gentle slope; easy slope
- —緩降機slow-descent device (for evacuating tall buildings)
- —緩衝剤buffering agent
- —緩和剤palliative; mitigative; lenitive; alleviant; obtundent; anesthetic; demulcent
- —緊張緩和easing of tensions; detente; thaw
- —規制緩和deregulation; removal (easing) of (official) restrictions; relaxation of regulations
- —緩和振動relaxation oscillation
- —筋弛緩剤muscle-relaxant drug
- —金融緩和monetary easing
- —量的緩和quantitative easing
- —緩急自在varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will
- —一旦緩急(when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur
- —軍紀弛緩lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization