減 (げん) — decrease, reduction

減げん decrease

Frequency #3350 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 1 character noun

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げん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. げん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

decrease
reduction

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

げん減 dwindle

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Words with 減 (24)

減(へ)る heru to decrease 減(げん)少(しょう) genshou decrease 削(さく)減(げん) sakugen reduction 減(へ)らす herasu to reduce いい加(か)減(げん) iikagen irresponsible 軽(けい)減(げん) keigen reduction 減(げん)税(ぜい) genzei tax reduction 加(か)減(げん) kagen adjustment

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 減 (24)

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