Physical looseness or slack in a rope, cable, skin, or other material. Often used for sagging skin or a slack line.
Please take up the slack in the rope.
As you age, your skin develops sagginess.
A feeling of mental slackness, boredom, or lack of tension; a letdown after excitement or a period of low motivation.
After the long holiday, I started to feel a sense of letdown.
There is a noticeable slackness in the work.
As she got older, sagging began to appear in the skin of her face.
After long stretches of practice, one's motivation starts to slacken.
She does exercises to get rid of the sagging in her face.
I fixed the slack in the rope before climbing.
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 弛み is rare.
Kanji form is uncommon; learners should use the kana spelling.
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.