N3Verb

⚙️Actions & States (generic)

減るへる

heru

to decrease (in size or number), to diminish

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Example sentence

彼の観客は最近減ってきている。

His audience is falling off these days.

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Kanji in 減る

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

Sentences with 減る

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
減少	N3	げんしょう	げんしょうdecrease, reduction, decline
加減	N3	かげん	かげんadjustment; addition and subtraction
減らす	N3	へらす	へらすto decrease, to diminish
増減	N2	ぞうげん	ぞうげんincrease and decrease, fluctuation
削減	N1	さくげん	さくげんcut, reduction
軽減	N1	けいげん	けいげんreduction, lessening
いい加減	N1	いいかげん	いいかげんrandom, irresponsible

More Actions & States (generic) words

Word	Reading	Meaning
操作	そうさ	そうさoperation, management, processing
得る	える	えるto obtain / acquire (common reading in compounds; e.g. 知識[ちしき]を得る[える] = gain knowledge)
得る	うる	うるcan / be able to (more formal/literary; e.g. 起こり[おこり]得る[うる] = can happen)
異なる	ことなる	ことなるto differ, to vary
無視	むし	むしdisregard, ignore
働き	はたらき	はたらきwork, labor
修理	しゅうり	しゅうりrepairing, mending
考慮	こうりょ	こうりょconsideration, taking into account

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