減少
N1げんしょう genshou
- decrease
- reduction
- decline
nounする verbtransitiveintransitiveの-adjective
Chinese meanings
减少
Examples
- 死亡により人口は減少しつつある。The population is dying off.人口因死亡而逐渐减少。
- 今年は倒産が一割減少しています。Business failures are down 10% this year.今年破产数量减少了一成。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a85d868e8e'); // 減少
{
"id": "a85d868e8e",
"word": "減少",
"reading": "げんしょう",
"romaji": "genshou",
"meanings": [
"decrease",
"reduction",
"decline"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt",
"vi",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1263210,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "死亡により人口は減少しつつある。",
"furigana": "{死亡|しぼう}により{人口|じんこう}は{減少|げんしょう}しつつある。",
"en": "The population is dying off.",
"tatoeba_id": 168118
},
{
"ja": "今年は倒産が一割減少しています。",
"furigana": "{今年|ことし}は{倒産|とうさん}が{一割|いちわり}{減少|げんしょう}しています。",
"en": "Business failures are down 10% this year.",
"tatoeba_id": 171305
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "d6ab46ed68f4fcdd4bc2d12ecdaddbc412639bb01a7a9680b67e93173fd18f41",
"meanings": [
"减少"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "死亡により人口は減少しつつある。",
"zh": "人口因死亡而逐渐减少。"
},
{
"ja": "今年は倒産が一割減少しています。",
"zh": "今年破产数量减少了一成。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a85d868e8e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1263210; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "32699428cdd0729ae7a66f9dbcefc2d5c5a2e62fd3fd2f5ba42a34c1cbb35e04",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}