減らす
へらす
hepburn herasu
to reduce, to decrease (transitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
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Examples
- 体のために塩を減らしています。I am cutting down on salt for my health.
- 仕事の量を少し減らしてください。Please reduce the amount of work a little.
Collocations
塩を減らす量を減らす時間を減らす体重を減らす少し減らす
Mnemonic
減らす herasu — kanji 減 (to decrease) + the godan ending らす. Transitive: someone reduces something (object marked with を). Its intransitive partner is 減る (heru, to decrease). It mirrors 増やす ↔ 増える exactly, on the decreasing side. 減 is the same kanji as in 減少 (decrease).
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