| Word form | karui |
| Original script | 軽い |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Originally attested as “less important”, present meaning in 1104. |
| Comments on word | Obsolete variant karoi (源氏) |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 883 |
| Comparison with Korean | Class 3: (K and J have different suffixes; K term means ’lightweight’): K kapyëpw- , dial. kakïp-, kakëp- < MK kapɔyyapw- < *ka-. (197) |
| Register | General |