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加減 (かげん): adjustment; addition and subtraction — Japanese vocabulary

加減 is read かげん and means "adjustment; addition and subtraction". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

加減

Reading
かげん · kagen
Translation
adjustment; addition and subtraction
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
かげんがかげんが

Example

お肉の焼き加減は、いかがなさいますか?

おにくのやきかげんは、いかがなさいますか?

How would you like your steak cooked?

Kanji in this word

  • 加 — add, join
  • 減 — decrease

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