Kanji
N2 12 strokes Grade 3 freq #790

lightly, trifling, unimportant

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

car kuruma

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

abatement; reduction
minor injury
easy; simple
carefree; buoyant
light weight
light (e.g. aircraft, truck)
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car
diesel oil; diesel fuel
light (of movements); nimble
making light of; thinking little of

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

light; easy
lightly; easily
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)

Example sentences

Please make yourself at home.

Take it easy!

The rhythm is light, and the tempo fast - that song is liked by young people.

Today there seems to be a tendency to make little of human relations.