減量 (げんりょう, genryou) Japanese meaning: weight loss | Kotomora

減げん量りょう

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減量する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	減げん量りょうする	減げん量りょうしない
Polite	減げん量りょうします	減げん量りょうしません
Past polite	減げん量りょうしました	減げん量りょうしませんでした
Past	減げん量りょうした	減げん量りょうしなかった
Te-form	減げん量りょうして	減げん量りょうしないで
Desire	減げん量りょうしたい	減げん量りょうしたくない
Potential	減げん量りょうできる	減げん量りょうできない
Passive	減げん量りょうされる	減げん量りょうされない
Causative	減げん量りょうさせる	減げん量りょうさせない
Causative passive	減げん量りょうさせられる	減げん量りょうさせられない
Volitional	減げん量りょうしよう
Polite volitional	減げん量りょうしましょう
Imperative	減げん量りょうしろ	減げん量りょうするな
Conditional	減げん量りょうすれば	減げん量りょうしなければ
Tara conditional	減げん量りょうしたら	減げん量りょうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

weight loss; weight reduction

Primarily refers to loss of body weight, often through diet or exercise. Can be used both as a noun and as a suru-verb (transitive/intransitive).

医い者しゃから減げん量りょうを勧すすめられた

Kanji

減dwindle, decrease, reduce
量quantity, measure, weight

Transitive / intransitive

減量 can be used both transitively and intransitively as a suru-verb: transitively as in 体重を減量する (to reduce one's weight), and intransitively as in 体重が減量する (one's weight decreases).

Related words

ダイエットN4sense 1
ダイエット specifically refers to dieting to lose weight, while 減量 is the broader, more formal term for weight reduction in any context, including medical or athletic ones.
減げん少しょうN2sense 2
減量 is used for reducing a specific measurable quantity like weight or dosage, while 減少 is the more general word for any decrease, such as in population or sales.
痩そう身しん
減量 is a general, often medical or sports-related term for reducing weight, while 痩身 specifically emphasizes achieving a slender, attractive body shape.
シェイプアップ
減量 specifically means reducing body weight (often for sports or health reasons), whereas シェイプアップ is about reshaping and firming the body, not just losing weight.
痩やせるN4
減量する emphasizes a deliberate effort to reduce weight, such as through dieting, whereas 痩せる simply describes the resulting state of being thinner regardless of cause.

Opposites

増ぞう量りょう sense 1
減量 means to decrease weight or amount, while 増量 means to increase it.
増ぞう加かN3sense 2
減量 refers to a decrease in quantity, while 増加 refers to an increase, often used for numbers or amounts in general.

Don't confuse with

原げん料りょうN3
減量 (weight loss) and 原料 (raw materials) are pronounced identically but mean completely different things, so context is essential to tell them apart.

Word family

強きょう熱ねつ減げん量りょう
loss on ignition; ignition loss; LOI
減げん量りょう経けい営えい
streamlined management; lean management

Etymology

Compound of 減 (reduce) and 量 (quantity/amount). The meaning 'weight loss' is a specialization of the general sense 'reduction in quantity'.

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