🇬🇧 en ja 🇯🇵

relax verb

  /ɹɪˈlæks/
  • (transitive) To calm down.
 落ち着く
  • (transitive) To make something loose.
 くつろがせる
  • (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
 くつろぐ, 和らげる, 緊張を解く, 落ち着かせる
  • (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
 ほっとする, 緊張を解く, 落ち着く
  • (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
  • (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
 和らげる, 緊張を解く, 落ち着かせる
  • (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  • (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
 緩める, 緩和する

relaxed adjective

  /ɹɪˈlækst/
  • Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely. [from 18th c.]
 くつろぐ, リラックス

relaxation noun

  /ˌɹilækˈseɪʃən/ , /ˌɹɪlækˈseɪʃən/
  • The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
 リラックス, 休息, 寛ぎ, 息抜き
Wiktionary Links