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    3. 減る

    減る

    減へる​

    to decrease (in size or number)

    N3KMT7News #20+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    へる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    人じん口こうが減へっています。

    The population is decreasing.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    最さい近きん、体たい重じゅうが少すこし減へった。

    Recently, my weight has decreased a little.

    KMT7Daily Life
    食しょく費ひを節せつ約やくするために、外がい食しょくの回かい数すうを減へらした。

    I reduced the number of times I eat out to save on food expenses.

    KMT7Daily LifeFood & Dining
    会かい社しゃの利り益えきが減へり、経けい営えい陣じんは対がたい策さくを検けん討とうしている。

    Company profits have decreased, and management is considering countermeasures.

    KMT7Business & Finance
    資し源げんが減へり続つづけると、将しょう来らい深しん刻こくな問もん題だいになるだろう。

    If resources continue to decrease, it will become a serious problem in the future.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    減
    へ.る・へ.らす…(1)
    dwindle・decrease・reduce・decline・curtail…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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