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軽減
keigen
Description
「軽減」は、負担やお金、痛みなどを少なくして、楽にすることです。
"軽減" means to reduce burdens, money, pain, etc., making things easier.
少しかたい言葉で、ニュースや役所の文章でよく使われます。
It's a somewhat formal word often used in news and official documents.
Meanings
軽減keigen
reduction, lessening of a burden or amount
税金の軽減は多くの人に役立ちます。
Tax reductions help many people.
軽減するkeigen suru
to reduce or ease something
薬が痛みを軽減してくれた。
The medicine relieved the pain.
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Notes
- Etymology
軽 (light) + 減 (decrease); literally to make lighter by decreasing.
- Nuance
More formal than 減らす; common in official, medical, and news contexts.
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