減る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
減
へ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "減る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
減る へる [hèrú]
Imperative (命令形) 減れ へれ [hèré]
Key constructions
Passive 減られる へられる [hèrárérú]
Causative 減らせる へらせる [hèrásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 減ろう へろ​ー [hèróꜜò]
Negative 減らない へらない [hèránáí]
Negative perfective 減らなかった へらな​かった [hèránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 減ります へりま​す [hèrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 減った へった [hèttá]
Conjunctive 減って へって [hètté]
Hypothetical conditional 減れば へれ​ば [hèréꜜbà]

Verb

減(へ)る • (heru) intransitive godan (stem 減(へ)り (heri), past 減(へ)った (hetta))

Japanese verb pair
active 減らす
mediopassive 減る
  1. To be reduced or decrease in size or quantity; to become fewer
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      体(たい)重(じゅう)が五(ご)キロ減(へ)った
      Taijū ga go kiro hetta
      I lost 5 kilos of bodyweight

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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