JLPT N5 vocabulary
軽い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かるい0Heiban · flat
i-adjective
Meaning
- light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile
- non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial
- slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy, simple
- indiscriminate

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 軽い | 軽 |
| Plain past過去形 | 軽 | 軽 |
| Polite presentです形 | 軽い | 軽 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 軽 | 軽 |
| Te-formて形 | 軽 | 軽 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 軽い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 軽 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 軽 | 軽 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 軽 | 軽 |