Kanji1 / 12
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
- —二酸化炭素削減目標CO2-reduction goal
- —限界効用逓減の法則law of diminishing marginal utility
- —限界生産物逓減の法則law of diminishing marginal product
- —重症熱性血小板減少症候群severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; SFTS
- —減段reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- —減磨reduction in friction; lubrication
- —好加減irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
- —匙加減measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; quantity; prescription; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel; skill; knack
- —俯加減facing slightly downward
- —好い加減irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
- —良い加減irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
- —減塩醬油low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)
- —えー加減irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (already) enough; considerably; quite; rather; pretty
- —バカさ加減extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
- —ばかさ加減extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
- —うつむき加減facing slightly downward
- —好い加減にするto put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree