I Love Kanji減らす (herasu)
減らす (へらす, herasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to abate; to decrease”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- へらす
- Romaji
- herasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 減らす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 減らす | へらす herasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 減らします | へらします herashimasu |
| Negative | 減らさない | へらさない herasanai |
| Polite negative | 減らしません | へらしません herashimasen |
| Past | 減らした | へらした herashita |
| Polite past | 減らしました | へらしました herashimashita |
| Negative past | 減らさなかった | へらさなかった herasanakatta |
| Te-form | 減らして | へらして herashite |
| Potential | 減らせる | へらせる heraseru |
| Passive | 減らされる | へらされる herasareru |
| Causative | 減らさせる | へらさせる herasaseru |
| Volitional | 減らそう | へらそう herasou |
| Imperative | 減らせ | へらせ herase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 減らせば | へらせば heraseba |
Kanji in 減らす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 減らす.
加減かげんdegree減少げんしょうdecrease減るへるto decrease (in size or number)増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease削減さくげんcut軽減けいげんabatementいい加減いいかげんirresponsible
Source: JMdict entry 1263110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.