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減 - Dwindle
At the city Mouth, Entrance, a stern clerk with a promotion ribbon throttles the water so only One drop gets through, making the flow Dwindle. Remember supermarket '減塩' labels and the salty phonetic 咸 that cues the GEN reading, as both taste and water dwindle together.
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減 - Dwindle
Index #911
Grade 5
12 strokes
JLPT Level: N2
Readings: ゲン, へ・る, へ・らす
Kanji Primes
Compound Kanji

Common Vocab

へる 減る
to decrease, to diminish
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へらす 減らす
to decrease (something), to reduce (something)
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げんしょう 減少
decrease, reduction
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ぞうげん 増減
increase and decrease, rise and fall
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いいかげん いい加減
irresponsible, half-baked
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さくげん 削減
curtailment, reduction
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