緩み・弛み|ゆるみyurumi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounslack; looseness; play

• Related不行き届きふゆきとどきWrittenWritten/formal prose: care or supervision not thorough enough, as in 「監督不行き届き」. It names a result of slackness, not the loosening of a screw or of one's mind itself.
• Related手落ちておちNeutralNeutral: an oversight or fault in one's work, stressing that a mistake was made. 「緩み」 is the state of slackness; 「気の緩み」 is often its cause.
• Related手抜きてぬきNeutralNeutral: deliberately skipping steps one should take, cutting corners. It is intentional; 「緩み」 is tension simply letting up.
• Related怠慢たいまんWrittenWritten/formal prose: dereliction of duty with a blaming tone, as in 「職務怠慢」. It stresses duties left undone; 「緩み」 stresses the loss of tension.
• Related怠りおこたりWrittenWritten/formal prose: inattention or negligence, often in 「怠りなく」. It stresses a lapse in vigilance and never describes a screw coming loose.
• Related無精ぶしょうNeutralNeutral: laziness or being unkempt, as in 「無精ひげ」. It names an indolent habit, not a momentary loss of tension.
• RelatedなおざりWrittenWritten/formal prose: treating something lightly, mostly as 「等閑に付す」. The stress is on making light of it, not on slackness.
• RelatedやりっぱなしCasualColloquial: leaving a task half-done, or untidied once finished. It describes how you handle work, never the loosening of a screw or of the mind.
• Related粗放そほうWrittenWritten/formal prose: rough, unsystematic methods, also extensive low-input farming. The manner is coarse, not a state of slackness.
• Related疎慢そまんWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: sloppy, careless work. It covers only how a task is done; you cannot say 「ネジの緩み」 with it.
• RelatedないがしろNeutralNeutral: slighting someone or something, as in 「親を蔑ろにする」. It is about a disrespectful attitude, not about slackness.
• Related閑却かんきゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose: leaving something unattended, ignoring it. The stress is on disregard, not on slackness of mind or object.
• Related懈怠けたいWrittenWritten/formal prose: idleness or neglect; in law, failure to perform duties. Heavier than 「気の緩み」, stressing dereliction of duty.
• Related投げやりなげやりNeutralNeutral: a half-hearted, irresponsible attitude, as in 「投げやりな態度」, with a hint of giving up. It never describes loosening.
• Related手抜かりてぬかりNeutralNeutral: an oversight caused by inattention, close to 「手落ち」. It stresses omissions and can be a result of 「緩み」.
• Related緩怠かんたいWrittenWritten/formal prose, dated: slackness and neglect of what one should do. In everyday speech say 「気の緩み」 or 「怠慢」 instead.
• RelatedほったらかしCasualColloquial: leaving something unattended, as in 「仕事を放ったらかしにする」. It stresses abandonment, not physical or mental slackness.
• RelatedゆるがせWrittenWritten/formal prose: treating things carelessly, mostly as 「忽せにできない」. It covers only your attitude toward a matter, not slackness itself.
• Antonym緊張きんちょうNeutralAntonym: mental or situational tension, the opposite of 「気の緩み」 in psychological tightness, as in 「緊張が緩む」.
• Antonym張りはりNeutralAntonym: a taut state, resilience, or drive, opposite to 「緩み」 in tautness versus slackness, as in 「糸の張り」.

Use 「緩み」 for a screw or rope coming loose, or for mental slackness, as in 「気の緩み」. Most listed words name consequences of slackness and are not interchangeable: an oversight is 「手落ち」, cutting corners is 「手抜き」. For dereliction of duty pick 「怠慢」, for leaving things unattended 「放ったらかし」 (colloquial), and the antonyms are 「緊張」 and 「張り」.

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1. ゆるむこと。弛緩しかんすること。
2. 暑あつさ寒さむさなどの程度ていどが和やわらぐこと。