漸減|ぜんげんzengen[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbgradual decrease; decline
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 漸減する（ぜんげんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 漸減します（ぜんげんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 漸減しない（ぜんげんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 漸減しません（ぜんげんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 漸減せず・漸減せぬ（ぜんげんせず・ぜんげんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 漸減した（ぜんげんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 漸減しました（ぜんげんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 漸減しなかった（ぜんげんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 漸減しませんでした（ぜんげんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 漸減して（ぜんげんして） |
| Potential | 漸減できる（ぜんげんできる） |
| Passive | 漸減される（ぜんげんされる） |
| Causative | 漸減させる（ぜんげんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 漸減させられる（ぜんげんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 漸減すれば（ぜんげんすれば） |
| tara | 漸減したら（ぜんげんしたら） |
| Volitional | 漸減しよう（ぜんげんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 漸減しましょう（ぜんげんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 漸減しろ（ぜんげんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym先細りさきぼそりWrittenWritten word for dwindling — fewer and weaker until eventually gone; 「漸減」 just notes the decrease, while this stresses tapering off to nothing.
- Synonym減少げんしょうNeutralThe standard everyday word for a drop in number or amount; like 「減る」 it does not stress the gradual, step-by-step process of 「漸減」.
- Related低下ていかNeutralEveryday word for a level or quality getting worse, as in ability or performance; it does not stress the step-by-step process that 「漸減」 highlights.
- Related下落げらくWrittenWritten word for prices, market conditions or values falling; it leans economic, unlike the gradual decrease of 「漸減」.
- Related下降かこうNeutralNeutral word for position or degree moving downward, as in 「気温が下降」; it stresses direction of descent rather than a gradual decrease.
- Related低落ていらくWrittenWritten word for value, popularity or reputation sinking; it highlights falling esteem or regard, not the gradual decrease of 「漸減」.
- Related減るへるCasualThe everyday colloquial verb for numbers or amounts getting smaller; it just says something decreases, without the gradual nuance of 「漸減」.
- RelatedさがりCasualColloquial noun covering a drop in level or value, or something hanging down; it can also mean leftovers, a sense far from 「漸減」.
- Related減ずるげんずるWrittenWritten, literary verb for quantity or degree lessening; stiffer than 「減る」 and without the gradual nuance of 「漸減」.
- Related減じるげんじるWrittenThe more colloquial variant of 「減ずる」, still written in tone; it leans toward subtracting or taking away rather than gradual decline.
- Related落ち込みおちこみNeutralNeutral word for a downturn in sales or business results, or for feeling down; it covers emotional lows, which 「漸減」 never does.
- Antonym漸増ぜんぞうWrittenThe antonym: a written word for increasing bit by bit, matching 「漸減」 in style — gradual growth where 「漸減」 is gradual decline.
Use 「漸減」 for a gradual, bit-by-bit decrease in formal, written style, as in 「人口が漸減する」. For an ordinary decrease say 「減少」 or 「減る」; for levels or quality dropping, 「低下」; for dwindling away to nothing, 「先細り」. The opposite is 「漸増」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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