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Meanings: light (weight)
On Readings: ケイ kei
Kun Readings: かる(い) karu(i), かろ(やか) karo(yaka)
Most Used Pronunciation: karui
JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji)
Grade: 3
Kanji Part:
Stroke Number: 12
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Common jukugo
- かる くち karu kuchi - a talkative person (loose mouth)
- けい はん ざい kei han zai - light offence (legal)

Useful Examples
Japanese: フルコースもあれば、サラダでいお食事もオーケー。
Romaji: furuko-su mo areba, sarada de karui oshokuji mo o-ke-.
English: You can eat a complete meal. Or just go easy with our salad bar.

Japanese: もうすぐ昼食時です、手を休めてく食べませんか。
Romaji: mou sugu chuushokudoki desu, te o yasumete karuku tabemasen ka.
English: It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

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Notes/Mnemonic
They are making lighter and lighter cars now. (車)


Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.

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