減: Dwindle; Decrease; ReduceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ゲン)

• 削減さくげんcut; reduction
• 減税げんぜいtax reduction
• 減少げんしょうdecrease; reduction
• 減益げんえきdecrease in profits
• 減速げんそくdeceleration
• 減反げんたんreduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
• 減収げんしゅうfall; decrease (in income)
• 軽減けいげんabatement; reduction
• 減額げんがくreduction; diminution
• 減産げんさんdecrease in production
• 減量げんりょうloss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction
• 減免げんめんreduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
• 節減せつげんretrenchment; curtailment
• 増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease; fluctuation
• 減給げんきゅうpay cut; salary cut
• 半減はんげんreduction by half; halving
• 低減ていげんdecrease; reduction
• 加減かげんdegree; extent
• 減員げんいんreduction of staff
• 激減げきげんdramatic decrease; sharp drop
• 減退げんたいdecline; ebb
• 減価償却げんかしょうきゃくdepreciation
• いい加減いいかげんirresponsible; perfunctory
• いい加減にしろいいかげんにしろthat's enough!; cut it out!
• 手加減てかげんmeasuring by feel; adjusting by feel
• 水加減みずかげんamount of water
• 減刑げんけいreduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
• 減圧げんあつdecompression
• 減塩げんえんreduction of salt; sodium restriction
• 減殺げんさいlessening; diminishing
• 減水げんすいsubsiding of water
• 減点げんてんsubtracting points
• 減衰げんすいattenuation; damping
• 減食げんしょくcutting down on food intake; reducing rations
• 漸減ぜんげんgradual decrease; decline
• 縮減しゅくげんreduction; diminishment
• いい加減にしなさいいいかげんにしなさいshape up!; act properly!
• いい加減にするいいかげんにするto put an end to something; to get something over with
• ええ加減にしいやええかげんにしいやshape up!; act properly!
• さじ加減さじかげんmeasured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing
• ばかさ加減ばかさかげんextent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
• ほろ酔い加減ほろよいかげんstate of slight intoxication; being a little drunk
• エコー減衰器エコーげんすいきecho suppressor
• コスト削減コストさくげんcost reduction; cost saving
• パソコン減税パソコンげんぜいPC tax reduction
• 一増一減いちぞういちげん16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)
• 一律減反いちりつげんたんreduction in area of rice under cultivation
• 不増不減ふぞうふげんnothing increases or decreases (because all things are void)
• 予算削減よさんさくげんbudget cut

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 目減りめべりloss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage
• 減らすへらすto abate; to decrease
• 減るへるto decrease (in size or number); to diminish
• 人減らしひとべらしpersonnel cut; labor cut
• 減りへりdecrease; reduction
• すり減らすすりへらすto wear away; to rub down
• すり減るすりへるto be worn down; to be reduced

Other readings

• 減俸げんぽうsalary reduction; salary cut
• 減配げんぱいreduction in a dividend; smaller ration
• お腹が減るおなかがへるto become hungry
• バカさ加減ばかさかげんextent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity

Showing the 60 most common of 221 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 減

• 加
• 削
• 衰
• 少
• 器
• 算
• 数
• 税
• 軽
• 口
• 法
• 量