軽減|けいげんkeigen[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbabatement; reduction

• Synonym削減さくげんWrittenWritten register. A noun for cutting numbers or amounts (「予算削減」); it stresses deliberate cuts made by people, while 「軽減」 is about lightening a burden.
• Synonym減少げんしょうNeutralNeutral. A noun for a decrease (「人口減少」); it covers natural or man-made drops and focuses on numbers getting smaller, not on easing a burden.
• Synonym減額げんがくWrittenWritten register. A noun for reducing an amount of money or a quantity (「給与の減額」); it targets figures, not burdens in general.
• Synonym節減せつげんWrittenWritten register. A noun for cutting expenses (「経費節減」); the emphasis is on economizing rather than easing a burden.
• Synonym減らすへらすCasualColloquial. A native verb meaning to reduce (「体重を減らす」); the everyday spoken way to say you cut a quantity down.
• Synonym低減ていげんWrittenWritten register. A noun for lowering (「コスト低減」); common in technical and business contexts.
• Synonym縮減しゅくげんWrittenWritten register. A noun for scaling back size or scope; found mostly in policy contexts.
• Synonym緩和かんわWrittenWritten register. A noun for easing or relaxing (「規制緩和」「痛みの緩和」); it softens severity or restrictions rather than cutting amounts.
• Synonym和らげるやわらげるNeutralNeutral. A native verb meaning to soften or ease (「痛みを和らげる」).
• Synonym減殺げんさいWrittenWritten register. A noun for lessening or weakening an effect; in law, asserting reduction of gifts or bequests to protect the forced share.
• Synonym減ずるげんずるWrittenWritten register. A verb meaning to decrease or lessen; the older form of 「減じる」.
• Synonym減じるげんじるNeutralNeutral, though it leans written. A verb for decreasing or subtracting (「刑を減じる」).
• Related縮小しゅくしょうNeutralNeutral. A noun for shrinking (「規模縮小」); it focuses on scale getting smaller rather than a burden getting lighter.
• Related節約せつやくNeutralNeutral. A noun for economizing (「電気の節約」); the everyday word for saving on utilities and expenses.
• Related節するせっするWrittenWritten register. A verb for moderating or saving on use; rare. 「軽減」 stresses lightening a burden.
• Related節倹せっけんWrittenWritten register. A noun for thrift and frugality; rare in use — say 「倹約」 in daily life.
• Antonym増加ぞうかNeutralNeutral. The antonym: an increase in quantity (「負担の増加」), the opposite of lightening with 「軽減」.
• Antonym増大ぞうだいWrittenWritten register. An antonym: growth in scale or degree (「負担が増大する」), the opposite of 「軽減」.
• Antonym加重かじゅうWrittenWritten register. An antonym: making a burden or penalty heavier (「刑の加重」), the opposite of 「軽減」.

Use 「軽減」 for lightening burdens or pain, as in 「負担を軽減する」 or 「税の軽減」. For cutting spending say 「削減」, for numbers simply falling say 「減少」, and for relaxing restrictions or easing pain say 「緩和」. The opposites are 「増加」 and 「加重」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 負担ふたんなどを減へらすこと。