Kanji

減

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

へる, へらす

Nanori (Name Reading)

き, ぎ, きつ, つぎ

Common Readings

ゲン, へ…らす, へ…る

Example sentences

減る へる
最近、体重が少し減りました

Recently, my weight has decreased a bit.

飯 めし
腹が減ったから、早く飯を食おう。

I'm hungry, so let's go eat a meal quickly.

いい加減 いいかげん
いい加減な返事はやめてください。

Please stop giving half-baked replies.

減らす へらす
健康のために、塩分を減らしている。

I am reducing my salt intake for my health.

感染 かんせん
ウイルスに感染するリスクを減らす。

Reduce the risk of virus infection.

加減 かげん
お風呂の温度を丁度よく加減してください。

Please adjust the bath temperature to just the right level.

うつむき うつむき
彼女はうつむき加減で黙っていた。

She was silent with her head slightly bowed.

手加減 てかげん
初心者相手なので、少し手加減して対戦した。

Since I was playing against a beginner, I went a bit easy on them during the match.

腹が減る はらがへる
運動した後は、すごく腹が減る。

I get really hungry after exercising.

いい加減にする いいかげんにする
もういい加減にして！いつまでゲームをしているの？

Stop it already! How long are you going to keep playing games?

Example Vocabulary

減る

へる

to decrease; to diminish; to get hungry

いい加減

いいかげん

irresponsible; half-baked; moderate; enough

減らす

へらす

to reduce; to decrease; to shorten

加減

かげん

adjustment; degree; health condition

手加減

てかげん

going easy (on someone); moderation; adjusting the degree

腹が減る

はらがへる

to be hungry; to get hungry

いい加減にする

いいかげんにする

to put an end to; to cut it out; to stop

いい加減にしろ

いいかげんにしろ

Cut it out!; That's enough!; Enough is enough!

軽減

けいげん

reduction; mitigation; lightening

減少

げんしょう

decrease; reduction; decline

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