たるみ

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Physical looseness or slack in a rope, cable, skin, or other material. Often used for sagging skin or a slack line.

取と

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て

ください

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Please take up the slack in the rope.

年としを取とると肌はだにたるみが出でる。

As you age, your skin develops sagginess.

2

usually written using kana alone

A feeling of mental slackness, boredom, or lack of tension; a letdown after excitement or a period of low motivation.

〈物もの〉にたるみができるfor sagging/slack to develop in something
年ねん齢れいとともに顔かおの肌はだにたるみができてきた。
As she got older, sagging began to appear in the skin of her face.
気き持もちにたるみが出でるfor one's motivation or focus to slacken
長ながい練れん習しゅうが続つづくと気き持もちにたるみが出でてくる。
After long stretches of practice, one's motivation starts to slacken.
〈物もの〉のたるみを取とるto remove/tighten up sagging or slack in something
エクササイズで顔かおのたるみを取とる。
She does exercises to get rid of the sagging in her face.
〈物もの〉のたるみを直なおすto fix the slack in a rope, cable, etc.
ロープのたるみを直なおしてから登のぼった。
I fixed the slack in the rope before climbing.

緩ゆるみ sense 1
ゆるみ is a general term for looseness or slack, including loosened rules or tension, while 弛み usually implies a drooping or sagging kind of slack such as loose skin or a slack rope.
倦けん怠たい感かん sense 2
倦怠感 refers to a feeling of lethargy or fatigue, while 弛み in its mental sense refers more broadly to a letdown or slackening of motivation and tension.

張はりN1sense 1
張り describes firmness or tautness (as in skin or a rope), the direct opposite of 弛み's sagging looseness.
緊きん張ちょうN4sense 2
緊張 means mental tension or alertness, the opposite of the dullness and letdown described by 弛み in its figurative sense.

しわN3sense 1
しわ refers to wrinkles or creases in skin or cloth, whereas 弛み refers to sagging or drooping slackness rather than fine lines.

Derived from the verb たるむ (to slacken, sag). The kanji 弛 is used for its meaning of slackening or relaxing, but the word is usually written in kana.