► 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:
- 軽く考えていると痛い目に遭うぞ ⇨ If you don’t take it seriously, you’re gonna be in trouble
- アルミは鉄より軽い ⇨ Aluminum is lighter than steel
- 軽く飲もうよ ⇨ Let’s drink lightly, have a few drinks
- 裁判官は事情を斟酌して軽い判決を下した ⇨ The judge considered the mitigating circumstances and gave a light sentence
- 軽々しい気持ちで言っているのではありません ⇨ I am not saying this with frivolous thoughts. I understand the gravity
- 彼は批判を軽く受け流した ⇨ He brushed off the criticism
- 彼は妻子がいないから身軽だ ⇨ He doesn’t have wife and kids so he can make decision only for himself
- 彼は人種差別者を軽蔑している ⇨ He holds racists in contempt
- 彼女は彼を軽蔑の眼差しで見た ⇨ She looked at him with contemptuous eyes
- 私達は軽い話題以外は避けた ⇨ We avoided everything other than light topics
- 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
- 私は苦情を申し立てたが軽くあしらわれた ⇨ I made a complaint but got brushed off
- 彼は彼女に好きだと伝えたが軽くあしらわれた ⇨ He told her that he was in love with her, but got brushed off
- 電化製品は全て軽薄短小化する ⇨ Electronic equipment all becomes lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller
- 事故で合計五十人の重軽傷者が出た ⇨ A total 50 people suffered serious to minor injuries in the accident