げんしょう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. decrease; reduction; decline
Kanji used
reduction
few
Pitch accent
んしょう
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Composed of
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
small; little; few
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
weight loss; weight reduction; weight decrease
Examples (10 in total)
The noise lessened gradually.
The population of this country is gradually diminishing.
Recently, the dignity and importance of the Japanese father has diminished.