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					Grade 5 -                減 
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			| dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry Kun: へ.る、 へ.らす
 On: ゲン
 12 strokes
 Radical: water 水 (氵, 氺)
 Parts: 亅 口 汁 戈
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under 
			the ritsuryo codes) 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, 
			it's not like it's the end of the world
 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
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