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Keyword
lightweight
  • lightly
  • trifling
  • unimportant
Frequency
#790
Strokes
12
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
774
Readings
ケイ80%
かる15%
かろ5%
Mnemonic
A vehicle carries sacred cargo of feathers, so lightweight that it floats down the road.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
気き軽がる
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly; ease
Na-adjective
軽けい
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
Prefix
軽かるい
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; …
I-adjective
軽けい減げん
abatement; reduction
Noun
手て軽がる
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
Na-adjective
軽けい量りょう
light weight
Noun
軽けい傷しょう
minor injury
Noun
軽けい震しん
weak earthquake
Noun
軽けい自じ動どう車しゃ
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
Noun
軽けい油ゆ
diesel oil; diesel fuel; gas oil; light oil
Noun
軽けい快かい
light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy; light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody); …
Na-adjective
軽けい視し
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt; disdain
Noun
軽けい蔑べつ
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
Noun
軽けい率そつ
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
Na-adjective
軽かろやか
light; easy; non-serious; minor
Na-adjective
軽かる々がる
lightly; easily; carelessly
Adverb taking と
軽けい度ど
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
No-adjective
軽けい妙みょう
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
Na-adjective
津つ軽がる
Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)
Noun
軽かろんじる
to look down on; to make light of
Ichidan verb
軽けい薄はく
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
Na-adjective
軽かるはずみ
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
Na-adjective