緩 — slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease

Readings

On'yomi

カン

Kun'yomi

ゆる.いゆる.やかゆる.むゆる.める

Example words

• 緩和かんわrelief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening
• 緩やかゆるやか(1) loose; slack (2) gentle; easy; slow (3) lenient; liberal; lax
• 緩むゆるむ(1) to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope) (2) to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt (5) to decrease (e.g. speed) (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly
• 緩いゆるい(1) loose (2) lenient; lax (3) gentle (curve, slope, etc.) (4) slow; weak (5) soft; not firm
• 緩めるゆるめるto loosen; to slow down