減 : Dwindle

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Components:

氵咸

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

On 'yomi:

ゲン(gen)

Kun 'yomi:

へ.る(he.ru) へ.らす(he.rasu)

Strokes:	12
Radical:	氵 (85)
Usage Rating:	261

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	5

Unicode:	06e1b
jis208:	24-26

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減 Usage examples

反射減衰量(はんしゃげんすいりょう)	return loss
減衰率(げんすいりつ)	attenuation (factor, rate)
いい加減にする(いいかげんにする) 好い加減にする(いいかげんにする)	to put an end to something, to get something over with, to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
コスト削減(コストさくげん)	cost reduction, cost saving
景気減速(けいきげんそく)	economic slowdown
減損会計(げんそんかいけい)	asset-impairment accounting
債務削減(さいむさくげん)	debt reduction
二酸化炭素削減義務(にさんかたんそさくげんぎむ)	carbon dioxide reducing obligation
二酸化炭素削減目標(にさんかたんそさくげんもくひょう)	CO2-reduction goal
予算削減(よさんさくげん)	budget cut
労働力削減(ろうどうりょくさくげん)	workforce reduction
磨り減る(すりへる) 擦り減る(すりへる) すり減る(すりへる)	to be worn down, to be reduced
減じる(げんじる)	to subtract, to deduct, to reduce, to decrease
減色(げんしょく)	reduced colours, reduced colors
味加減(あじかげん)	taste (of prepared dish)
行政紙削減法(ぎょうせいしさくげんほう)	Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)
減点主義(げんてんしゅぎ)	demerit (points-off) system
減(げん)	reduction
ええ加減にしいや(ええかげんにしいや)	shape up!, act properly!
食欲減退(しょくよくげんたい)	decrease in appetite, loss of appetite
純減(じゅんげん)	net reduction, net decrease
減感(げんかん)	desensitization, hyposensitization
脳脊髄液減少症(のうせきずいえきげんしょうしょう)	cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia, CSF hypovolemia, intracranial hypotension syndrome