"緩める" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝme̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From 緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|緩|ゆる|-める|t1=loose|t2=-ify}} 緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ゆるめる|tr=trans|type=2}} 緩(ゆる)める • (yurumeru) transitive ichidan (stem 緩(ゆる)め (yurume), past 緩(ゆる)めた (yurumeta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|ゆる|2d-m}} Forms: 緩める [canonical] (ruby: (ゆる)), yurumeru [romanization], 緩め [stem] (ruby: (ゆる)), 緩めた [past] (ruby: (ゆる)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 緩め [error-unrecognized-form], ゆるめ [error-unrecognized-form], yurume [error-unrecognized-form], 緩める [error-unrecognized-form], ゆるめる [error-unrecognized-form], yurumeru [error-unrecognized-form], 緩めれ [error-unrecognized-form], ゆるめれ [error-unrecognized-form], yurumere [error-unrecognized-form], 緩めよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 緩めろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ゆるめよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ゆるめろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], yurumeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], yurumero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 緩められる [passive], ゆるめられる [passive], yurumerareru [passive], 緩めさせる [causative], 緩めさす [causative], ゆるめさせる [causative], ゆるめさす [causative], yurumesaseru [causative], yurumesasu [causative], 緩められる [potential], 緩めれる [colloquial, potential], ゆるめられる [potential], ゆるめれる [colloquial, potential], yurumerareru [potential], yurumereru [colloquial, potential], 緩めよう [volitional], ゆるめよう [volitional], yurumeyō [volitional], 緩めない [negative], 緩めぬ [negative], 緩めん [negative], ゆるめない [negative], ゆるめぬ [negative], ゆるめん [negative], yurumenai [negative], yurumenu [negative], yurumen [negative], 緩めず [continuative, negative], ゆるめず [continuative, negative], yurumezu [continuative, negative], 緩めます [formal], ゆるめます [formal], yurumemasu [formal], 緩めた [perfective], ゆるめた [perfective], yurumeta [perfective], 緩めて [conjunctive], ゆるめて [conjunctive], yurumete [conjunctive], 緩めれば [conditional, hypothetical], ゆるめれば [conditional, hypothetical], yurumereba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 緩め [irrealis, stem], ゆるめ [irrealis, stem], yurume [irrealis], 緩め [continuative, stem], ゆるめ [continuative, stem], yurume [continuative], 緩む [stem, terminative], ゆるむ [stem, terminative], yurumu [terminative], 緩むる [attributive, stem], ゆるむる [attributive, stem], yurumuru [attributive], 緩むれ [realis, stem], ゆるむれ [realis, stem], yurumure [realis], 緩めよ [imperative, stem], ゆるめよ [imperative, stem], yurumeyo [imperative], 緩めず [negative], ゆるめず [negative], yurumezu [negative], 緩むれど [contrastive], ゆるむれど [contrastive], yurumuredo [contrastive], 緩むれば [causative], ゆるむれば [causative], yurumureba [causative], 緩めば [conditional], ゆるめば [conditional], yurumeba [conditional], 緩めき [past], ゆるめき [past], yurumeki [past], 緩めけり [past], ゆるめけり [past], yurumekeri [past], 緩めつ [perfect], ゆるめつ [perfect], yurumetu [perfect], 緩めぬ [perfect], ゆるめぬ [perfect], yurumenu [perfect], 緩めたり [continuative, perfect], ゆるめたり [continuative, perfect], yurumetari [continuative, perfect], 緩めむ [volitional], ゆるめむ [volitional], yurumemu [volitional]
  1. to loosen; to make (a knot, rope, etc) loose
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-So1GJ4Qd
  2. (with 気を) to be off guard; to be inattentive
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-skN-HqkE
  3. to make less strict; to make less harsh
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-eJITirol
  4. to make the facial expression less serious/unfriendly
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-mgqU8JKh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with める, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 12 52 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 5 16 19 38 15 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 20 17 44 11 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 20 17 44 11 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with める: 8 18 14 30 21 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 19 18 42 10 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 20 18 43 10 5
  5. to slow down
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-HRK2yQhV
  6. to make less inclined/sloped
    Sense id: en-緩める-ja-verb-WlDX6YKz

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "緩",
        "2": "ゆる",
        "3": "-める",
        "t1": "loose",
        "t2": "-ify"
      },
      "expansion": "緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "緩める",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "yurumeru",
      "tags": [
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      "ruby": [
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          "緩",
          "ゆる"
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        "stem"
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          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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      "form": "ゆるめろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yurumero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumuredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumetu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumetari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumemu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ゆるめる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "緩(ゆる)める • (yurumeru) transitive ichidan (stem 緩(ゆる)め (yurume), past 緩(ゆる)めた (yurumeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ゆる",
        "2": "2d-m"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to loosen the belt",
          "roman": "obi o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "帯",
              "おび"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "帯を緩める"
        },
        {
          "english": "to loosen the necktie",
          "roman": "nekutai o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ネクタイを緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to loosen; to make (a knot, rope, etc) loose"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-So1GJ4Qd",
      "links": [
        [
          "loosen",
          "loosen"
        ],
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Keep yourself alert until the last moment!",
          "roman": "saigo made ki o yurumeru na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "最",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "最後まで気を緩めるな"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be off guard; to be inattentive"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-skN-HqkE",
      "links": [
        [
          "off guard",
          "off guard"
        ],
        [
          "inattentive",
          "inattentive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with 気を) to be off guard; to be inattentive"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with 気を"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to loosen the regulation",
          "roman": "torishimari o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "取り締まりを緩める"
        },
        {
          "english": "to turn a blind eye",
          "roman": "tsuikyū no te o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "追及",
              "ついきゅう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "追及の手を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make less strict; to make less harsh"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-eJITirol",
      "links": [
        [
          "strict",
          "strict"
        ],
        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 21 12 52 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 16 19 38 15 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 20 17 44 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 20 17 44 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 18 14 30 21 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with める",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 18 42 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 20 18 43 10 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His face lights up.",
          "roman": "kuchimoto o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "口元",
              "くちもと"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "口元を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make the facial expression less serious/unfriendly"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-mgqU8JKh",
      "links": [
        [
          "serious",
          "serious"
        ],
        [
          "unfriendly",
          "unfriendly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to decrease the speed",
          "roman": "supīdo o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "スピードを緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slow down"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-HRK2yQhV",
      "links": [
        [
          "slow down",
          "slow down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make less inclined",
          "roman": "keisha o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "傾斜",
              "けいしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "傾斜を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make less inclined/sloped"
      ],
      "id": "en-緩める-ja-verb-WlDX6YKz",
      "links": [
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ],
        [
          "sloped",
          "sloped"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝme̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緩める"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with める",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 2 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "緩",
        "2": "ゆる",
        "3": "-める",
        "t1": "loose",
        "t2": "-ify"
      },
      "expansion": "緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 緩(ゆる) (yuru, “loose”) + める (-meru, “-ify”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "緩める",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "roman": "yurume",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めた",
      "roman": "yurumeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurume",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩む",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumuredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩むれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるむれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumeki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumetu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumetari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "緩めむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆるめむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yurumemu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ゆるめる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "緩(ゆる)める • (yurumeru) transitive ichidan (stem 緩(ゆる)め (yurume), past 緩(ゆる)めた (yurumeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ゆる",
        "2": "2d-m"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to loosen the belt",
          "roman": "obi o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "帯",
              "おび"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "帯を緩める"
        },
        {
          "english": "to loosen the necktie",
          "roman": "nekutai o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ネクタイを緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to loosen; to make (a knot, rope, etc) loose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loosen",
          "loosen"
        ],
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Keep yourself alert until the last moment!",
          "roman": "saigo made ki o yurumeru na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "最",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "最後まで気を緩めるな"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be off guard; to be inattentive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "off guard",
          "off guard"
        ],
        [
          "inattentive",
          "inattentive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with 気を) to be off guard; to be inattentive"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with 気を"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to loosen the regulation",
          "roman": "torishimari o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "締",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "取り締まりを緩める"
        },
        {
          "english": "to turn a blind eye",
          "roman": "tsuikyū no te o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "追及",
              "ついきゅう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "追及の手を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make less strict; to make less harsh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strict",
          "strict"
        ],
        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His face lights up.",
          "roman": "kuchimoto o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "口元",
              "くちもと"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "口元を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make the facial expression less serious/unfriendly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serious",
          "serious"
        ],
        [
          "unfriendly",
          "unfriendly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to decrease the speed",
          "roman": "supīdo o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "スピードを緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slow down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slow down",
          "slow down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make less inclined",
          "roman": "keisha o yurumeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "傾斜",
              "けいしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "緩",
              "ゆる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "傾斜を緩める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make less inclined/sloped"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ],
        [
          "sloped",
          "sloped"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝme̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緩める"
}
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "緩める",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "緩める",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "緩める",
  "trace": ""
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "緩める",
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    "緩める"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "緩める",
  "trace": ""
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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "subsection": "verb",
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