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ゆるむ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)
1. to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
The rope around my ankles had come loose.
2. to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
The tension in the room eased with those words.
3. to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
Lately, management at the store has gotten lax.
4. to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
That relaxed expression conveys the warmth of my older sister's heart.
5. to decrease (e.g. speed)
The beasts slow down.
6. (of a market price) to go down slightly
Alt. forms
緩ゆるむ
81%
ゆるむ
14%
弛ゆるむ
4%
Pitch accent
ゆ
る
む
Top 15800
Conjugations...Used in: 934
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to grin
to grin
7 more...
Examples (18 in total)
The pace does not slacken.
The rope around my ankles had come loose.
The tie had become completely loose.
The beasts slow down.
Lately, management at the store has gotten lax.
I feel the muscles around my mouth relax.
The tension had somehow relaxed.
A screw has come loose, so the chair wobbles.
The tension in the room eased with those words.
Now that it's March, the cold has started to ease.
It seems that the tension in my heart has relaxed a little.
The car slowed down a little on the hill.
My face softens involuntarily at the heartfelt words.
Just by watching, my own expression softened.
Perhaps thanks to the joke, his expression visibly relaxed.
Even when I was on the verge of tears, the questioning never let up.
That relaxed expression conveys the warmth of my older sister's heart.
Perhaps because we had entered a straight stretch of road, the tension and fear eased slightly.