► 名詞
減 [(1)げん] [liter] meaning: reduce rank: 3
☆ 売上げは前期に比べ10%減となった ⇨ The sales decreased by 10% compared with the previous quarter
More examples:
- 再審で彼は減刑された ⇨ His sentence was reduced in the appeal
- ローブローは一点の減点になる ⇨ A low-blow will result in a reduction of one point
- 日本の人口は減少の傾向にある ⇨ The Japanese population is on the declining trend
- いい加減にして欲しいわよね ⇨ I’m really fed up
- バブル崩壊の反動で投資が極端に減った ⇨ As a reaction to the bubble economy crash, the investment dramatically decreased
- いい加減にしたらどうだ ⇨ Why don’t you cut it out already? Enough already
- 大会の期間と規模は縮減された ⇨ The length and scope of the convention have been reduced
- 最近交通事故が減った ⇨ Traffic accidents have decreased recently
- いい加減に言ったら当たった ⇨ I just gave a wild guess, and then I was correct
- 税を減じる ⇨ Reduce tax
- 無駄な電力消費を減らす ⇨ Reduce wasteful electricity consumption
- 近年紙に印刷された新聞の発行数は激減した ⇨ In recent years the circulation of paper-printed newspapers fell dramatically
- あいつの文句にはいい加減うんざりだ ⇨ I’m really fed up with his complaining
- 日本は人口減少社会に遷移している ⇨ Japan has transitioned to a society with shrinking population
- 彼は万事いい加減だ ⇨ He is careless, half-assed, about everything