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減る
heru
Description
「減る」は、数や量が前より少なくなるという意味の動詞です。
"減る" is a verb meaning that the number or amount becomes less than before.
お金や体重、人の数など、いろいろなものに使えます。
It can be used for various things like money, weight, or the number of people.
Meanings
減るheru
to decrease; to become less in amount or number
最近、体重が減りました。
I've lost weight recently.
減るheru
to get hungry (お腹が減る)
お腹が減ったので、何か食べたいです。
I'm hungry, so I want to eat something.
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Notes
- Nuance
減る is intransitive (something decreases on its own); 減らす is the transitive 'to reduce'.
- Etymology
お腹が減る literally 'the stomach decreases', an idiomatic way to say 'be hungry'.
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