減量|げんりょうgenryou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbloss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction
    これはあなたの減量げんりょうに役立やくだつ良よい運動うんどうです。↗
    This is a good exercise to help you lose weight.
  2. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 分量ぶんりょう・重量じゅうりょうが減へること。また、減へらすこと。
  2. 体重たいじゅうを減へらすこと。
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