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減る

JLPT N4 · N3 · Vocabulary

減る — “to decrease, to diminish”

減る (read へる) means to decrease, to diminish. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N3 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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へる

Meaning

to decrease, to diminish

減る in a sentence

町まちの人口じんこうが減っへっています。

The town's population is decreasing.

The kanji in 減る

減to decrease

Words that share a kanji with 減る

加減かげん— degree, extent, adjustment; (physical) condition
減らすへらす— to reduce, to decrease, to cut down
増減ぞうげん— increase and decrease, fluctuation

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