EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

    産婦人科医が減っているのは出生数の減少で医療ニーズが低減したのを反映している。
    The reduction in obstetricians and gynecologists is a reflection of the decrease in births, thus reducing need for medical care.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lower, short, humble

Kun
ひく.いひく.めるひく.まる
On
テイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
435 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.15The Kanji Dictionary
2224.0Four corner code
2156deroo
4f4eUnicode hex code
1-36-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
406Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
166New Nelson (John Haig)
73New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
82Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
54Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1831Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1973Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
518A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
690Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
504Morohashi
548A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
561Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
570Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
677sakade
113Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
575henshall3
487Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
108Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
82Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1848Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di1Pinyin reading
jeoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

Kun
へ.るへ.らす
On
ゲン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
261 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3a9.37The Kanji Dictionary
3315.0Four corner code
359deroo
6e1bUnicode hex code
1-24-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2637Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3249New Nelson (John Haig)
601New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
436Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
366Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
391Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
533A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
610Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17759Morohashi
667A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
715Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
775sakade
694Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
693henshall3
753Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
430Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1219Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
372Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level