Kanji
N2 12 strokes Grade 5 freq #261

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

cut; reduction
tax reduction
decrease; reduction
decrease in profits
deceleration
abatement; reduction
fall; decrease (in income)
reduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution
decrease in production

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage
to abate; to decrease
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish

Example sentences

Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.

Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.

The government has declared its intention to reduce taxes.

I'm very much in favor of cutting taxes.