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

減げん少しょう

N1
げんしょう genshou
  1. decrease
  2. reduction
  3. decline
nounする verbtransitiveintransitiveの-adjective

Chinese meanings

减少

Examples

  • 死し亡ぼうにより人じん口こうは減げん少しょうしつつある。
    The population is dying off.
    人口因死亡而逐渐减少。
  • 今年ことしは倒とう産さんが一いち割わり減げん少しょうしています。
    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"
  }
}