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減少 (げんしょう): decrease, reduction, decline — Japanese vocabulary

減少 is read げんしょう and means "decrease, reduction, decline". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

減少

Reading
げんしょう · genshou
Translation
decrease, reduction, decline
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
げんしょうが

Example

今年は倒産が一割減少しています。

ことしはとうさんがいちわりげんしょうしています。

Business failures are down 10% this year.

Kanji in this word

  • 減 — decrease
  • 少 — few, little

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