Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    reduction in friction; lubrication

Also written 減磨【げんま】

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape

Kun
ま.するさす.るす.る
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1252 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-12, 3-11-4SKIP code
3q12.6The Kanji Dictionary
0025.2Four corner code
547deroo
6469Unicode hex code
1-43-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2264New Nelson (John Haig)
3175New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3938Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2740Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
639Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
689Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1074A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2428Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1783Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12613PMorohashi
1830A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1530Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1631Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1380Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1768Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1415Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
852Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
646Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mo2, ma1Pinyin reading
maKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level