緩める – Vocabulary details

緩ゆるめる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to loosen; to slacken

手ての力ちからを少すこし緩ゆるめる。Loosen the tension in your hands slightly.

2. to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)

そこでようやく少しょう女じょはその表ひょう情じょうを緩ゆるめた。It was then that the girl finally relaxed her expression.

3. to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)

学がっ校こうは髪かみ型がたに関かんする校こう則そくを緩ゆるめた。The school relaxed its rules on hairstyles.

4. to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up

だけどスピードは緩ゆるめない。But I won't slow down.

5. to make more gradual (of a slope)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

緩

become loose

Pitch accent

ゆ

るめ

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2587

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

気きを緩ゆるめる

to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

速そく度どを緩ゆるめる

to ease up the speed

手た綱づなを緩ゆるめる

to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)

財さい布ふの紐ひもを緩ゆるめる

to loosen the purse strings; to go on a spending spree

財さい布ふのひもを緩ゆるめる

to loosen the purse strings; to go on a spending spree

Examples (18 in total)

だけどスピードは緩ゆるめない。

But I won't slow down.

私わたしは靴くつのひもを緩ゆるめた。

I loosened my shoelaces.

手ての力ちからを少すこし緩ゆるめる。

Loosen the tension in your hands slightly.