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

減へる

N3
へる heru
  1. to decrease (in size or number)
  2. to diminish
  3. 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。
  • 生せい徒との数かずがだんだん減へってきた。
    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"
  }
}