軽けい々けい

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い

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JLPTN1

Meanings

1

adverb

indiscreetly; thoughtlessly; carelessly; frivolously

Adverb used to describe acting without due care or seriousness, often in a rash or frivolous manner. Typically appears as 軽々に.

軽けい々けいに

約やく

束そく

し

て

は

いけ

ない

。

You must not make promises thoughtlessly.

彼かれは軽けい々けいに秘ひ密みつを漏もらした。

He carelessly let the secret slip.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉を軽々けいけいに判断はんだんするto judge something hastily/rashly
そんな重じゅう要ような問もん題だいを軽けい々けいに判はん断だんしてはいけない。
You shouldn't make a hasty judgment on such an important matter.
軽々けいけいに発言はつげんするto make a careless or thoughtless remark
政せい治じ家かは軽けい々けいに発はつ言げんするべきではない。
A politician should not make careless remarks.
軽々けいけいに約束やくそくするto make a rash promise without thinking it through
できるかどうか分わからないのに軽けい々けいに約やく束そくするな。
Don't make a rash promise when you don't even know if you can keep it.

Kanji

軽lightly, trifling, unimportant

Related words

軽けい率そつN1
軽率 is a na-adjective/noun describing a rash or imprudent person or act, while 軽々 is an adverb (usually 軽々に) describing the manner in which something is done carelessly.
軽かる々がるしい
軽々しい is an i-adjective describing someone or something as thoughtless or indiscreet, whereas 軽々 is the more formal adverbial form used with に before a verb.
不ふ用よう意い
不用意 emphasizes a lack of preparation or caution leading to a slip, while 軽々 stresses acting frivolously or without due seriousness.

Opposites

慎しん重ちょうN3
慎重 describes careful, prudent behavior, the direct opposite of the careless, hasty manner described by 軽々.

Don't confuse with

軽かる々がる
軽々 read かるがる means 'easily, effortlessly' (as in 軽々と持ち上げる), a completely different word from 軽々 read けいけい meaning 'carelessly, thoughtlessly'.

Written forms

軽けい々けいUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling with iteration mark.
軽けい軽けい
Non-iteration-mark variant; less common.

Etymology

Reduplication of 軽 (けい, 'light, frivolous'), forming an adverb meaning 'lightly, carelessly'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is attested in classical Japanese.