緩ゆるやか

na-adjective

loose; slack; not tight

Describes something fastened, tied, wrapped, or held without much tension. In everyday speech, 緩い is often the simpler direct word for 'loose,' while 緩やか can sound a little more measured or formal.

• 包ほう帯たいは緩ゆるやかに巻まいてください。

  Please wrap the bandage loosely.

• ひもを緩ゆるやかに結むすんだ。

  I tied the string loosely.

na-adjective

gentle; gradual; slow

Used for slopes, curves, flows, speeds, and changes that are not steep, sharp, sudden, or rapid. Common in phrases such as 緩やかな坂, 緩やかなカーブ, and 緩やかに回復する.

• 緩ゆるやかな坂さかを上のぼっていく。

  We go up a gentle slope.

• 川かわは緩ゆるやかに流ながれている。

  The river is flowing slowly.

• 景けい気きは緩ゆるやかに回かい復ふくしている。

  The economy is recovering gradually.

na-adjective

lenient; liberal; lax

Used of rules, standards, restrictions, or supervision that are not strict. Depending on context it may be neutral-positive, as in flexible policy, or negative, as in lax standards.

• この学がっ校こうは校こう則そくが緩ゆるやかだ。

  This school has lenient rules.

• 審しん査さ基き準じゅんが緩ゆるやかすぎるという批ひ判はんが出でた。

  There was criticism that the screening standards were too lax.