軽けい減げん

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軽減する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for lessening burdens, taxes, pain, risk, or workload. Often appears in formal, policy, or business contexts.

〈事こと〉を軽けい減げんするto reduce or alleviate (a burden, pain, risk, etc.)
政せい府ふは国こく民みんの税ぜい負ふ担たんを軽けい減げんする政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced a policy to reduce the tax burden on citizens.
〈事こと〉が軽けい減げんするfor a burden, pain, or degree to be reduced
新あたらしい薬くすりのおかげで痛いたみが軽けい減げんした。
Thanks to the new medicine, the pain has lessened.
〈事こと〉の軽けい減げんを図はかるto aim to reduce/alleviate ~
医い療りょう費ひの軽けい減げんを図はかるための新あたらしい制せい度どが導どう入にゅうされた。
A new system was introduced aimed at reducing medical costs.

軽減 is used both transitively and intransitively: 政府が負担を軽減する (the government reduces the burden) and 負担が軽減する (the burden lessens).

緩かん和わN1
緩和 means easing or relaxing something like tension, regulations, or symptoms, while 軽減 focuses on lightening a burden or degree in a more measurable way.
削さく減げんN2
削減 means cutting down or eliminating something concrete like a budget or staff, whereas 軽減 means lightening a burden without necessarily removing it.
低てい減げん
低減 is used for lowering a numerical value such as cost or price, while 軽減 is broader and often used for lessening pain, risk, or workload.
減げん免めん
軽減 focuses only on reducing or alleviating a burden without implying exemption, whereas 減免 includes both reduction and outright exemption.

増ぞう大だいN2
増大 means an increase or growth in size or amount, the opposite of 軽減's lessening of a burden or degree.
加か重じゅう
軽減 means to lighten or reduce a burden, the direct opposite of 加重, which means to add weight or increase severity.

減げん少しょうN2
減少 refers to a decrease in quantity or number (e.g. population, sales), while 軽減 refers specifically to lightening a burden, pain, or severity.

Compound of 軽 (light, easy) and 減 (reduce, decrease). The combination conveys making something lighter or less severe.