減

Meaning

減 centers on a gradual reduction in amount, intensity, or supply: dwindling, decreasing, or curtailing something. The sense of getting hungry is a natural extension of one's inner resources diminishing.

• 減るへる
  N4

  to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

• 減少げんしょう
  N2

  decrease; reduction; decline

• 加減かげん
  N3

  degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition

• 削減さくげん
  N2

  cut; reduction; curtailment

• 減らすへらす
  N4

  to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

• 軽減けいげん
  N2

  abatement; reduction

• いい加減いいかげん
  N2

  irresponsible; perfunctory; careless

• 激減げきげん
  N1

  dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

• 減速げんそく
  N1

  deceleration

• 半減はんげん
  N1

  reduction by half; halving

• 減量げんりょう
  N2

  loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction

• 低減ていげん

  decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

• 減額げんがく

  reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement

• 減税げんぜい

  tax reduction

• 増減ぞうげん
  N2

  increase and decrease; fluctuation

• 減点げんてん
  N1

  subtracting points; deducting points

• 減退げんたい

  decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

• 減免げんめん

  reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

• 減給げんきゅう

  pay cut; salary cut

• 節減せつげん

  retrenchment; curtailment; economy

• 目減りめべり

  loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage

• 減収げんしゅう

  fall; decrease (in income)

• 減産げんさん

  decrease in production

• 減益げんえき

  decrease in profits

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