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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

減へらす

N3
へらす herasu
  1. to abate
  2. to decrease
  3. to diminish
  4. to shorten
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

减少

Examples

  • ジョギングでもして体たい重じゅうを減へらすようにしなさい。
    Try to lose weight by jogging.
    试着慢跑之类的运动来减重。
  • 君きみは食しょく事じを減へらした方ほうがいいと思おもう。
    I think you'd better go on a diet.
    我觉得你最好少吃些。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a054bbbb20'); // 減らす
{
  "id": "a054bbbb20",
  "word": "減らす",
  "reading": "へらす",
  "romaji": "herasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to abate",
    "to decrease",
    "to diminish",
    "to shorten"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1263110,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ジョギングでもして体重を減らすようにしなさい。",
      "furigana": "ジョギングでもして{体重|たいじゅう}を{減|へ}らすようにしなさい。",
      "en": "Try to lose weight by jogging.",
      "tatoeba_id": 215568
    },
    {
      "ja": "君は食事を減らした方がいいと思う。",
      "furigana": "{君|きみ}は{食事|しょくじ}を{減|へ}らした{方|ほう}がいいと{思|おも}う。",
      "en": "I think you'd better go on a diet.",
      "tatoeba_id": 236875
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f02fc2bf3385b2c0234a7041b6b8d5123c4fc59a476025fb170b7ff599fe8a18",
    "meanings": [
      "减少"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ジョギングでもして体重を減らすようにしなさい。",
        "zh": "试着慢跑之类的运动来减重。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "君は食事を減らした方がいいと思う。",
        "zh": "我觉得你最好少吃些。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/a054bbbb20",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1263110; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ce57b29248553c7eb3cd87fcecd786968154a6d8c21ff1bed52d7d76b98dc8e1"
  }
}