Onyomi: キョウ, キン, ケイ · Kunyomi: かる.い, かろ.やか, かろ.んじる · Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant
Kanji for lightly, trifling, unimportant
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 軽 | けい | light (e.g. aircraft, truck) | common Prefix |
| 軽い | かるい | light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 軽率 | けいそつ | rash, thoughtless, careless, hasty, imprudent | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 軽快 | けいかい | light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 軽蔑 | けいべつ | contempt, scorn, disdain, despising, looking down on, slighting | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 歌留多 | カルタ | karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 軽食 | けいしょく | light meal, snack, refreshments | Noun |
| 軽視 | けいし | making light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 軽傷 | けいしょう | minor injury | common Noun |
| 軽々 | かるがる | lightly, easily, carelessly | common Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Adverb (fukushi), Suru verb |