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
- —火加減condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
- —減衰器attenuator
- —手加減measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; knack; skill; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion; going easy (on someone)
- —半減期half life
- —被減数minuend
- —減ずるto decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate; to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish; to subtract; to deduct; to take off
- —減速材(neutron) moderator
- —減塩食low-salt diet; low-sodium diet
- —水加減amount of water
- —累減税regressive taxation
- —湯加減water temperature (esp. bath)
- —減衰率attenuation (factor, rate)
- —減じるto decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate; to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish; to subtract; to deduct; to take off
- —味加減taste (of prepared dish)
- —減感剤desensitizer
- —減圧症decompression sickness; the bends
- —減算器subtracter
- —減衰量attenuation
- —評価減write-down; devaluation
- —加減酢mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar)