Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
Kanji used
reduction
Pitch accent
Top 1300
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to become hungry
to become hungry
to be worn down; to be reduced
Examples (28 in total)
The pain has lessened a little.
How many kilograms did you lose?
I lost weight this week.