I Love Kanji減る (heru)
減る (へる, heru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to decrease (in size or number); to diminish”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- へる
- Romaji
- heru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 減る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 減る | へる heru |
| Polite (~masu) | 減ります | へります herimasu |
| Negative | 減らない | へらない heranai |
| Polite negative | 減りません | へりません herimasen |
| Past | 減った | へった hetta |
| Polite past | 減りました | へりました herimashita |
| Negative past | 減らなかった | へらなかった heranakatta |
| Te-form | 減って | へって hette |
| Potential | 減れる | へれる hereru |
| Passive | 減られる | へられる herareru |
| Causative | 減らせる | へらせる heraseru |
| Volitional | 減ろう | へろう herou |
| Imperative | 減れ | へれ here |
| Conditional (~ba) | 減れば | へれば hereba |
Kanji in 減る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 減る.
加減かげんdegree減少げんしょうdecrease減らすへらすto abate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 1263120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.