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.
Our sales are decreasing.
If you get married, you'll likely have less free time.
If you're hungry, eat.
She has lost weight.
I'm hungry all the time.
At night, the trains run less frequently.
The tuna catch is declining.
I only ordered coffee, since I wasn't hungry.
The population of this country is gradually decreasing.
Strangely, the number of students is decreasing each year.
My pants are very loose because I've lost a lot of weight.
She's lost a lot of weight since she went on a diet.
Fiona's letters were becoming less and less frequent.
In Tokyo, wild birds are decreasing in number year by year.
Why has the birthrate declined so sharply?
Since I installed solar panels on my house, my energy bill has been cut in half.
Obstetric care in crisis as the number of obstetricians continues to fall.
"I'm getting hungry." "Me, too." "Let's eat." "OK."
If there weren't so many taxis, there would be fewer traffic accidents.
As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.
The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
Some people think that eating grapefruit with every meal will help you lose weight.
My income has gone down by 10 percent.
The number of members decreased to five.
Production of rice has decreased.