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軽い

かるい

light

Mnemonic

You brace to lift the shoes and nearly put them through the ceiling. Carol かるい could have done it one-handed: かるい.

Worth knowing

Also light in the sense of not serious. 軽い風邪 is a mild cold. 光 ひかり is the other light, the one you see by.

Built from

light, slight
車 a cart on the left, built light enough for one person to pull.

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