“Decrease” in Japanese
Short answer
Decrease in Japanese is “減少” (genshou). Full meaning: decrease, reduction, decline.
Other ways to say “Decrease” in Japanese
低減
teigen decrease, reduction, fall, depreciation, mitigation
減損
genson decrease, diminution, loss, impairment
減り
heri decrease, reduction, fall
減
gen reduction, decrease; subtraction
減却
genkyaku reduction, decrease
減収
genshuu fall, decrease (in income)
目減り
meberi loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit), ullage, outage; decrease (in value), reduction
減退
gentai decline, ebb, failure, decay, decrease, loss
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