減量|げんりょうgenryou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbloss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbloss in quantity; reduction of quantity
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 減量する(げんりょうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 減量します(げんりょうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 減量しない(げんりょうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 減量しません(げんりょうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 減量せず・減量せぬ(げんりょうせず・げんりょうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 減量した(げんりょうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 減量しました(げんりょうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 減量しなかった(げんりょうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 減量しませんでした(げんりょうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 減量して(げんりょうして) |
| Potential | 減量できる(げんりょうできる) |
| Passive | 減量される(げんりょうされる) |
| Causative | 減量させる(げんりょうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 減量させられる(げんりょうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 減量すれば(げんりょうすれば) |
| tara | 減量したら(げんりょうしたら) |
| Volitional | 減量しよう(げんりょうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 減量しましょう(げんりょうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 減量しろ(げんりょうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym減少げんしょうNeutralNeutral. Refers to a decrease in quantity or number; 「減量」 leans toward weight or amounts.
- Synonym減りへりCasualColloquial. Refers to decrease or consumption; 「減量」 leans toward weight.
- Related低減ていげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Used for lowering costs or burdens; 「減量」 centers on reducing weight or amounts, as in dieting.
- Related減退げんたいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Used for decline in physical strength or appetite; 「減量」 implies deliberately reducing amounts or weight.
- Related減るへるNeutralNeutral verb meaning to decrease; the most common everyday word. 「減量」 leans toward weight or dieting.
- Related減ずるげんずるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb meaning to decrease or reduce; 「減量」 is a noun.
- Related減損げんそんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to loss or impairment, including asset impairment; 「減量」 centers on amounts or weight getting smaller.
- Related減じるげんじるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb meaning to decrease or reduce; 「減量」 is a noun and leans toward weight.
- Related減げんNeutralNeutral. A single character for decrease, mostly used as a suffix as in 「三割減」; 「減量」 leans toward weight.
- Antonym増量ぞうりょうNeutralNeutral. Means an increase in amount or volume; the direct opposite of 「減量」.
Use 「減量」 for losing weight or cutting down amounts, as in 「ボクサーの減量」 or 「ごみの減量」. For decrease in general use 「減少」 or 「減る」; for lowering costs 「低減」; for declining strength or appetite 「減退」. The opposite is 「増量」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


