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[げん()·しょう()]
genshou
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meaning(s) for 減少

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. decrease; reduction; decline

Definition and Synonyms for 減少

Loss gradual decline in amount or activity
Synonyms: , 減少, 減退
Reduction the act of reducing complexity
Synonyms: リダクション, 低減, 値下げ, 切り詰め, 切り詰める, 削減, 引き下げ, 引き下げる, 減反, 減少, 短縮, 節減, 簡素化, 縮小, 還元
Lessen wear off or die down
Synonyms: 和らぐ, 治まる, 減る, 減少, 緩和, 静まる
Dwindle Down become smaller or lose substance
Synonyms: すぼむ, つぼむ, 先細り, 先細る, 減る, 減じる, 減ずる, 減少, 漸減, 縮む, 縮小
Decrease the act of decreasing or reducing something
Synonyms: 損減, 減反, 減少, 減損, 縮減
Cut the act of reducing the amount or number
Synonyms: カット, 低減, 削減, 引き下げ, 引き下げる, 減少, 減額, 縮小
Trim Down cut down on
Synonyms: そぐ, はつる, つづめる, 低減, 切削, 削る, 削減, 減じる, 減ずる, 減らす, 減少, 減損, 減殺, 減額, 短縮, 節する, 節倹, 節減, 節約, 約する, 縮小, 縮減, 軽減
Lessen decrease in size, extent, or range
Synonyms: 下がる, 下向く, 下落, 下降, 低下, 低減, 低落, 凋落, 減る, 減じる, 減ずる, 減少, 減殺, 減退, 減量, 落ちる, 落ち込む, 退潮
Wane grow smaller
Synonyms: 低まる, 低下, 凋落, 式微, 弱る, 減る, 減ずる, 減少, 減衰, 減退, 衰える, 衰微, 衰耗, 衰退
Minify make smaller
Synonyms: 低減, 減じる, 減ずる, 減らす, 減少, 減損, 減殺, 累減, 縮小
Drop a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Synonyms: 下落, 低下, 減少, 落とし, 落とす
Decrease a change downward
Synonyms: 下がり, 下がる, 下落, 低下, 低減, 損減, , 減り, 減る, 減少, 減損, 減数, 減退, 減量, 累減
Downfall a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
Synonyms: フォール, 下落, 不良化, 低減, 低落, 凋落, 失陥, 没落, 減少, 滅亡, 破滅, 落下, 衰亡, 転落, 降下
Dent an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
Synonyms: 減少
Diminution change toward something smaller or lower
Synonyms: 下がり, 下がる, 下坂, 下り坂, 下落, 下降, 低下, 低落, 損減, 減少, 漸減, 縮小, 落ち込み, 落ち込む
Decrease a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Synonyms: 低減, 減少, 縮小
Trim Down make a reduction in
Synonyms: そぐ, はつる, つづめる, 低減, 切削, 削る, 削減, 減じる, 減ずる, 減らす, 減少, 減損, 減殺, 減額, 短縮, 節する, 節倹, 節減, 節約, 約する, 縮小, 縮減, 軽減

Meanings for each kanji in 減少

» dwindle; decrease; reduce; decline; curtail; get hungry
» few; little

Categories 減少 is a member of

Process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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Modify cause to change
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Lessen decrease in size, extent, or range
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Change the action of changing something
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Decrease the act of decreasing or reducing something
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Minify make smaller
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Decrease the amount by which something decreases
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Change an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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Weakening becoming weaker
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Effect a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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Diminution change toward something smaller or lower
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Decrease a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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Change Of Magnitude the act of changing the amount or size of something
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Weaken become weaker
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Change Magnitude change in size or magnitude
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Sample Sentences for 減少

Paying the national debt could mean reducing the average income.
Education about birth control might help cut down on adolescent pregnancies.
A new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.
The population of the town decreases year by year.
The new law should take a bite out of organized crime.

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