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Water Decrease Reduction Diminish 減 ゲン へ.る、へ.らす Dwindle

Kanji
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
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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