減らす
N3へらす herasu
- to abate
- to decrease
- to diminish
- to shorten
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
减少
Examples
- ジョギングでもして体重を減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。
- 君は食事を減らした方がいいと思う。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"
}
}