表層形
減し
ゲンシ
動詞
減し (ゲンシ)
Genshi · げんし — to decrease, to be reduced, to grow less, to abate; to reduce, to lessen, to cut down, to mitigate, to diminish; to subtract, to deduct, to take off
Other ways to say “to decrease” in Japanese →
減し in rōmaji: genshi.
動詞
一般
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📝 減する 🔤 サ行変格 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月13日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
減し
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
減する
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| 読み (Reading) |
ゲンシ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
サ行変格
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
未然形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
減し
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| 読み・基本形 |
ゲンスル
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| 表記・基本形 |
減する
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| 見出し語の読み |
ゲンスル
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💡 English Meaning
減し means “to decrease, to be reduced, to grow less, to abate; to reduce, to lessen, to cut down, to mitigate, to diminish; to subtract, to deduct, to take off” — full definition & examples →
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ゲンシ
Lemma: 減する
動詞一般**
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⚡ サ変 (Suru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
減します
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| て形 (Te-form) |
減して
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| 過去形 (Past) |
減した
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
減しない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
減しましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
減できる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
減される
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
減させる
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動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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The surface form (減し) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (減する) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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