Vocabulary

減少

decrease; reduction; decline

noun suru-verb vt vi adj-no
N3 freq #3

Example sentences

Japan's consumption of rice is decreasing.

The noise lessened gradually.

The deficit has been diminishing little by little.

The new law should take a bite out of organized crime.

Business failures are down 10% this year.

The company laid off twenty percent of its work force; therefore, expenses decreased.

The population of this city is decreasing every year.

The population of this village had decreased.