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減 Reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes) - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
減
English: Reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
Onyomi:
ゲン
Kunyomi:
へる
へらす
Romaji:
gen
gen
heru
herasu
Radical: 水
Kanji: 減 (12 Strokes)
JLPT Level: JLPT 1
Frequency Rank: 261
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

はっけっきゅうげんしょうしょう :: 白血球減少症 Leucopenia

はっけっきゅうげんしょうしょう :: 白血球減少症 Leukopenia

はっけっきゅうげんしょう :: 白血球減少 Leucopenia

はっけっきゅうげんしょう :: 白血球減少 Leukopenia

しゅうかくていげん :: 収穫逓減 Diminishing returns

げんあつていし :: 減圧停止 Decompression pause

げんあつていし :: 減圧停止 Decompression stop (in diving)

はんどうげん :: 反動減 Decline

はんどうげん :: 反動減 Downturn (as a reaction to some event)

げんりょく :: 減力 Reduction (of a negative)

けっしょうばんげんしょう :: 血小板減少 Thrombocytopenia

はんけっきゅうげんしょうしょう :: 汎血球減少症 Pancytopenia

じゅうたくローンげんぜい :: 住宅ローン減税 Tax deduction on housing loans

きゅうげんそく :: 急減速 Sharp slowdown

きゅうげんそく :: 急減速 Rapid deceleration

きゅうげんそく :: 急減速 Sudden declaration

げんのうやく :: 減農薬 Reduction in the use of agricultural chemicals

げんのうやくまい :: 減農薬米 Rice grown with reduced agricultural chemicals

げんちく :: 減築 Reducing the floor space when remodeling a building

ちからかげん :: 力加減 Appropriate use of force

ちからかげん :: 力加減 (using the) right amount of force

ちからかげん :: 力加減 Amount of force (required to do something)

ふくかげん :: 服加減 Temperature and flavor (of tea)

げんおん :: 減音 Diminishing (chord, interval)

げんおん :: 減音 Dampening (sound)

げんわく :: 減枠 Reduction (of an allowance, limit, quota, etc.)

げんにく :: 減肉 Pipe wall thinning

げんえんしょうゆ :: 減塩醬油 Low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)

げんえんしょうゆ :: 減塩醤油 Low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

しいっとうをげんずる :: 死一等を減ずる To commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

Using 減 in sentences:

(Japanese) 朝ご飯に何にも食べなかったから、今めちゃめちゃ腹減ってるよ。

(English) Since I didn't eat anything for breakfast, I'm very hungry now.

(Japanese) 町は人口がますます減っていった。

(English)

(Japanese) 何か食べようよ。僕、お腹減っちゃった。

(English)

(Japanese) 「トムは食べる前にいつも水飲むんだけど、なんでだろう？」「時々私も飲むわよ。食べる量を減らしやすくなるからね」

(English) I don't understand why Tom always drinks water before eating something. "I do that too sometimes. It helps me eat less."

(Japanese) お米の生産量は減少しています。

(English) Production of rice has decreased.

How do you say Reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes) in Japanese?

Answer: 減

How many kanji strokes does 減 have?

Answer: 12

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