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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
- —人口減population decrease
- —減原発reducing dependence on nuclear energy
- —増減率rate of change
- —服加減temperature and flavor (of tea)
- —力加減amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
- —減農薬reduction in the use of agricultural chemicals
- —急減速sudden declaration; rapid deceleration; sharp slowdown
- —反動減downturn (as a reaction to some event); decline
- —一律減反reduction in area of rice under cultivation
- —加減乗除the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- —経費削減reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
- —人員削減personnel reduction
- —兵力削減force reduction; troop reduction
- —軍備削減arms reduction
- —減反政策policy of reducing acreage (under cultivation)
- —減速装置reduction gear
- —減量経営streamlined management
- —減債基金amortization fund; amortisation fund; sinking fund
- —さじ加減measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; quantity; prescription; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel; skill; knack
- —景気減速economic slowdown