Meaning of 減(げん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 減

Kana Reading げん

Romaji gen

Examples of 減, げん in a sentence

第３四半期は収入減が見込まれている。

A loss in third-quarter revenues was predicted.
市長は駐車メーターからの収入減を調査すべきだと考えた。

The mayor felt that he should look into the loss of income from parking meters.
この数字は原油輸入減を反映している。

This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.

減 JLPT 2

12 strokes

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

On'Yomi: ゲン

Kun'Yomi: へ.る, へ.らす

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