軽減

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
軽 減
けい
Grade: 3 		げん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
輕減 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

軽(けい)減(げん) • (keigen) 

  1. reduction
  2. alleviation (of pain etc.)

Verb

軽(けい)減(げん)する • (keigen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 軽(けい)減(げん)し (keigen shi), past 軽(けい)減(げん)した (keigen shita))

  1. reduce, lighten
  2. alleviate, ease

Conjugation

Conjugation of "軽減する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 軽減し けいげんし keigen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 軽減し けいげんし keigen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 軽減する けいげんする keigen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 軽減する けいげんする keigen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 軽減すれ けいげんすれ keigen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 軽減せよ¹
軽減しろ² 		けいげんせよ¹
けいげんしろ² 		keigen seyo¹
keigen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 軽減される けいげんされる keigen sareru
Causative 軽減させる
軽減さす 		けいげんさせる
けいげんさす 		keigen saseru
keigen sasu
Potential 軽減できる けいげんできる keigen dekiru
Volitional 軽減しよう けいげんしよう keigen shiyō
Negative 軽減しない けいげんしない keigen shinai
Negative continuative 軽減せず けいげんせず keigen sezu
Formal 軽減します けいげんします keigen shimasu
Perfective 軽減した けいげんした keigen shita
Conjunctive 軽減して けいげんして keigen shite
Hypothetical conditional 軽減すれば けいげんすれば keigen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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