Onyomi: ゲン · Kunyomi: へ.らす, へ.る · Meanings: curtail, decline, decrease, dwindle, get hungry, reduce
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 減 | げん | reduction, decrease | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 減る | へる | to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 減らす | へらす | to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 減少 | げんしょう | decrease, reduction, decline | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 減量 | げんりょう | loss in weight (esp. body weight), weight reduction | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 減税 | げんぜい | tax reduction | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 減退 | げんたい | decline, ebb, failure, decay, decrease, loss | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 減速 | げんそく | deceleration | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 減免 | げんめん | reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes), mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law) | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 減食 | げんしょく | cutting down on food intake, reducing rations, reducing allowance of food | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
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