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For pronunciation and definitions of ゆるめる – see the following entry.
緩める
[verb] to loosen; to make (a knot, rope, etc) loose
[verb] (with 気を) to be off guard; to be inattentive
[verb] to make less strict; to make less harsh
[verb] to make the facial expression less serious/unfriendly
[verb] to slow down
[verb] to make less inclined/sloped
(This term, ゆるめる (yurumeru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゆるめる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゆるめる.)