| Kanji | 減 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ゲン |
| Kunyomi | へ.る、へ.らす |
| English | dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry |
| Examples | 削減(さくげん): cut; reduction; curtailment 減少(げんしょう): decrease; reduction; decline 増減(ぞうげん): increase and decrease; fluctuation 加減(かげん): (1) addition and subtraction (2) allowance for (3) degree; extent; measure (4) condition; state of health (5) seasoning; flavor; flavour; moderation; adjustment (6) influence (of the weather) (7) chance 減らす(へらす): to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten 減る(へる): to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate 軽減(けいげん): abatement; reduction いい加減(いいかげん): (1) irresponsible; perfunctory; careless (2) lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague (3) reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders) (4) considerably; quite; rather; pretty |
| JLPT Level | 2 |
| Jouyou Grade | 5 |
| Frequency | 261 |
| Components | 水: water 咸: all; same |
| Number of Strokes | 12 |
| Kanji Radical | 水 |
| Radical Number | 85 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | みず・したみず・さんずい |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | dwindle |
| Koohii Story 1 | When WATER was tossed on the PROTESTORS (a march of mouths), the numbers began to DWINDLE. |
| Koohii Story 2 | When water supplies dwindled, the population became a horde of dry mouths, marching to seize the water in the neighboring kingdom. |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_counting_handling.amounts
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