減る
N3へる heru
- to decrease (in size or number)
- to diminish
- to abate
godan verbintransitive
Also written へる
Chinese meanings
减少
Examples
- 会員は5人に減った。The number of members decreased to five.会员减少到了五个人。
- 生徒の数がだんだん減ってきた。We're getting fewer and fewer students.学生人数逐渐减少了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b459e9db8c'); // 減る
{
"id": "b459e9db8c",
"word": "減る",
"reading": "へる",
"romaji": "heru",
"meanings": [
"to decrease (in size or number)",
"to diminish",
"to abate"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1263120,
"other_forms": [
"へる"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "会員は5人に減った。",
"en": "The number of members decreased to five.",
"tatoeba_id": 185422
},
{
"ja": "生徒の数がだんだん減ってきた。",
"furigana": "{生徒|せいと}の{数|かず}がだんだん{減|へ}ってきた。",
"en": "We're getting fewer and fewer students.",
"tatoeba_id": 142733
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "3ac7bf60c5e9b625ce4bba8ec89faa2ea2f535ca7ebce6c5b6d4ee4d066761e7",
"meanings": [
"减少"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "会員は5人に減った。",
"zh": "会员减少到了五个人。"
},
{
"ja": "生徒の数がだんだん減ってきた。",
"zh": "学生人数逐渐减少了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/b459e9db8c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1263120; 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": "7b9d9850859287ecf9508eb279e03355e273fe07d75a1440175556694bcf27b4"
}
}