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N2 Kanji 120: 減
Meaning：
In Japanese，減 means “to decrease”.
How to read it：
Kunyomi：へ
Onyomi：げん
How to write it：
Origin：
You can see an ax here.
It means that the river decreased because people destroyed the environment.
So 減 means “to decrease”.
| Note: There is some difference between Chinese kanji and Japanese kanji, you should use Japanese kanji. (Which has 氵 on the left.) |
Development:
Vocabulary:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 減る | へる | to get fewer | Verb |
| Inter | 減少 | げんしょう | decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Inter | 加減 | かげん | adjustment | Noun & Verb |
| Inter | 減らす | へらす | to reduce | Verb |
| Inter | 削減 | さくげん | reduction | Noun & Verb |
| Adv | 軽減 | けいげん | decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Adv | 激減 | げきげん | sharp drop | Noun & Verb |
| Adv | 半減 | はんげん | decrease by half | Noun & Verb |
| Adv | 減額 | げんがく | amount reduction | Noun & Verb |
| Adv | 減 | げん | decrease | Noun |
| H_Adv | 増減 | ぞうげん | increase/decrease | Noun & Verb |
| H_Adv | 減量 | げんりょう | weight loss | Noun & Verb |
| H_Adv | 減ずる | げんずる | to decrease | Verb |
| H_Adv | 減点 | げんてん | points deduct | Noun & Verb |
| H_Adv | 低減 | ていげん | decrease | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | 減税 | げんぜい | tax reduction | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | 減退 | げんたい | decline | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | すり減る | すりへる | be worn out | Verb |
| S_Adv | 節減 | せつげん | reduction | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | 減速 | げんそく | deceleration | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減免 | げんめん | exemption | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減価 | げんか | depreciation | Noun |
| Others | 目減り | めべり | loss | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減収 | げんしゅう | pay cut | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減給 | げんきゅう | pay cut | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 漸減 | ぜんげん | gradual decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 縮減 | しゅくげん | reduction | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減殺 | げんさい | lessening | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減衰 | げんすい | attenuation | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 急減 | きゅうげん | sudden decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減刑 | げんけい | reduce penalties | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 逓減 | ていげん | gradual decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減産 | げんさん | reduced production | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減圧 | げんあつ | decompression | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減耗 | げんもう | natural decrease | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減塩 | げんえん | cut down on salt | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減資 | げんし | reduce the capital | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減俸 | げんぽう | pay cut | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 微減 | びげん | slight reduction | Noun |
| Others | 減法 | げんぽう | subtraction | Noun |
| Others | 減員 | げんいん | reduction of staff | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 減便 | げんびん | reduction of flights | Noun |
| Others | 減益 | げんえき | reduction of profit | Noun & Verb |
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