減る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
減
へ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「減る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		減る へる
Imperative (命令形) 減れ へれ
Key constructions
Passive 減られる へられる
Causative 減らせる へらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 減ろう へろー
Negative 減らない へらない
Negative perfective 減らなかった へらなかった
Formal 減ります へります
Perfective 減った へった
Conjunctive 減って へって
Hypothetical conditional 減れば へれば

Verb

減(へ)る • (heru) intransitive godan (stem 減(へ)り (heri), past 減(へ)った (hetta))

Japanese verb pair
active 減らす
mediopassive 減る
  1. To be reduced or decrease in size or quantity; to become fewer
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      体(たい)重(じゅう)が五(ご)キロ減(へ)った
      Taijū ga go kiro hetta
      I lost 5 kilos of bodyweight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "減る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 減ら へら hera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 減り へり heri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 減る へる heru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 減る へる heru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 減れ へれ here
Meireikei ("imperative") 減れ へれ here
Key constructions
Passive 減られる へられる herareru
Causative 減らせる
減らす 		へらせる
へらす 		heraseru
herasu
Potential 減れる へれる hereru
Volitional 減ろう へろう herō
Negative 減らない へらない heranai
Negative continuative 減らず へらず herazu
Formal 減ります へります herimasu
Perfective 減った へった hetta
Conjunctive 減って へって hette
Hypothetical conditional 減れば へれば hereba
Classical conjugation of "減る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 減ら へら fera
Continuative (連用形) 減り へり feri
Terminal (終止形) 減る へる feru
Attributive (連体形) 減る へる feru
Realis (已然形) 減れ へれ fere
Imperative (命令形) 減れ へれ fere
Key constructions
Negative 減らず へらず ferazu
Contrasting conjunction 減れど へれど feredo
Causal conjunction 減れば へれば fereba
Conditional conjunction 減らば へらば feraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 減りき へりき feriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 減りけり へりけり ferikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 減りつ へりつ feritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 減りぬ へりぬ ferinu
Perfect-continuative tense 減れり
減りたり		 へれり
へりたり		 fereri
feritari
Volitional 減らむ へらむ feramu

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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