► 名詞
軽 [(1)けい] [coll] meaning: car rank: 3
☆ うちの車は軽だ ⇨ My car is a lightweight vehicle (☛ A legal classification of small (660cc max), lightweight motor vehicles in Japan)
► 接頭辞
軽 [けい] meaning: light rank: 2
☆ 軽音楽 ⇨ Light, popular, music
☆ 軽食 ⇨ Light meal
More examples:
- カーボンファイバーは金属より固くて軽い ⇨ Carbon fiber is stronger and lighter than metal
- 彼は批判を軽く受け流した ⇨ He brushed off the criticism
- 車体は非常に固くて軽い材質で出来ている ⇨ The chassis is made of very rigid and light material
- 彼は配線工事中に感電して軽い火傷を負った ⇨ He received electrical shock during wiring work and suffered a minor burn
- 電化製品は全て軽薄短小化する ⇨ Electronic equipment all becomes lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller
- 軽自動車は税金が安い ⇨ Light-weight vehicles are taxed less
- この状況は軽視は出来ない ⇨ We cannot underestimate this situation
- 彼の顔に軽蔑の表情が浮かんだ ⇨ A disdainful expression appeared on his face
- 彼等は津波の危険を軽視していた ⇨ They were underestimating the danger of tsunami
- 彼女は貧しい人を軽蔑している ⇨ She looks down on poor people
- この製品は初心者でも手軽且つ効果的に使うことが出来る ⇨ This product can be used easily and also effectively even by a beginner
- 一般庶民の負担を軽減するという触れ込みの新税法 ⇨ A new tax law that is purported to reduce the burden on the mass
- 彼は三階から落ちたが軽傷を負っただけだった ⇨ He fell from the third floor but suffered only minor injuries
- 老人の介護者の負担を軽減するための措置 ⇨ A measure to reduce the burden of caregivers for the elderly
- 彼女は彼を軽蔑の眼差しで見た ⇨ She looked at him with contemptuous eyes