► 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:
- 軽薄短小な文化 ⇨ A shallow culture
- 彼の軽率な行動で計画が台無しになった ⇨ His careless, frivolous, behavior ruined the plan
- 彼等は相手を軽く見ていた ⇨ They were underestimating the opponent
- 軽快なリズム ⇨ A light and pleasant, groovy, rhythm
- 尻軽女 ⇨ A promiscuous woman
- 彼は軽率にも安全ベルトをしていなかった ⇨ Foolishly he wasn’t wearing a safety belt
- 電化製品は全て軽薄短小化する ⇨ Electronic equipment all becomes lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller
- 彼の症状はごく軽い ⇨ His symptom is very minor
- 彼は軽い感じがする ⇨ He looks superficial, frivolous
- 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
- 彼は軽薄な感じがする ⇨ He kind of feels shallow
- 彼は批判を軽く受け流した ⇨ He brushed off the criticism
- 彼は私に軽く会釈した ⇨ He lightly nodded to me (as a greeting)
- 彼女は貧しい人を軽蔑している ⇨ She looks down on poor people
- この車は極限まで軽量化されている ⇨ This car is designed to be lightweight to the limit