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減 kanji
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲン
Kun readings
へるへらす
Variant forms
减Words with 減
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3加減Populardegree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; regulation; addition and subtraction; slight sign of ...; slight state of ...; just right for ...
- N2増減Popularincrease and decrease; fluctuation
- N1軽減Popularabatement; reduction
- N1減少Populardecrease; reduction; decline
- N1減点Popularsubtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
- N1削減Popularcut; reduction; curtailment
- N1いい加減Popularirresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
- —激減Populardramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
- —減額Popularreduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement
- —減産Populardecrease in production
- —減収Popularfall; decrease (in income)
- —減税Populartax reduction
- —減速Populardeceleration
- —減退Populardecline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
- —減反Popularreduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- —減俸Popularsalary reduction; salary cut
- —減免Popularreduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
- —減量Popularloss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
- —節減Popularretrenchment; curtailment; economy
- —漸減Populargradual decrease; decline