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緩ゆるめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to loosen; to slacken
Loosen the tension in your hands slightly.
2. to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
It was then that the girl finally relaxed her expression.
3. to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
The school relaxed its rules on hairstyles.
4. to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
But I won't slow down.
5. to make more gradual (of a slope)
Alt. forms
緩ゆるめる
80%
ゆるめる
17%
弛ゆるめる
1%
Kanji used
緩
become loose
Pitch accent
ゆ
るめ
る
Top 4600
Conjugations...Used in: 2587
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to ease up the speed
to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)
2 more...
Examples (18 in total)
But I won't slow down.
I loosened my shoelaces.
Loosen the tension in your hands slightly.
You must never let the string go slack.
Even during that time, neither side lets their concentration slip.
The rules were recently relaxed.
I'll cross all the way in one go without slowing down!
The other party also notices them and slows their pace.
It must be that they loosened the obi because it was too tight.
Mr Ito loosened his tie because he felt hot in his office.
The school relaxed its rules on hairstyles.
Import restrictions have been greatly loosened of late.
My parents relaxed my curfew a little.
Loosen the screws and remove the lamp cover.
It was then that the girl finally relaxed her expression.
As the train started moving, Fukuhara relaxed a little.
Slightly, but it looks as though he was easing off the power at the moment of impact.
We ran and ran, and when we got to the front of the park, we finally slowed our pace.