| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | exp please relax your sitting position | お平に |
| gen. | exp please relax your sitting position | 御平らに |
| gen. | exp please relax your sitting position | 御平に |
| gen. | exp please relax your sitting position | お平らに |
| gen. | relax attention | 気を抜く |
| gen. | relax attention | 気を緩める |
| gen. | relax attention | 気を休める |
| gen. | relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state | 虚ける |
| gen. | relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state | 空ける |
| gen. | relax guard | 警戒心を解く |
| gen. | relax guard | 心を許す (around) |
| gen. | relax mind | 気が緩む |
| gen. | relax someone | 解き解す |
| gen. | relax someone | 解解す |
| gen. | relax someone | 解きほぐす news1 nf13 |
| gen. | n Edo-period roadside teahouse where one would go to relax | 水茶屋 (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services) |