Results, to decrease
- 減る☆【へる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate Antonym: 増える
- 減ずる【げんずる】 Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:
- to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:
- to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
- to subtract; to deduct; to take off
- 減じる【げんじる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
- to subtract; to deduct; to take off
周波数の平均値は振幅の増大にしたがって減じる。 The mean value of the frequency decreases with increasing amplitude.
- 減らす☆【へらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten Antonym: 増やす
- 少なくなる【すくなくなる】少なく成る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
- 落ちる★【おちる】堕ちる・墜ちる・落るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
- to be omitted; to be missing
- to decrease; to sink
- to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
- to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
- to become indecent (of a conversation)
- to be ruined; to go under
- to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
- to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
- to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
- to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
- to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
- to come to (in the end); to end in
- to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
- to swoon (judo)
- to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
- to crash; to freeze - IT term
- to die - of animals
- to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold
彼は試験に落ちると思っていました。 He expected to fail the exam.
ゴムをすると確かに性感が落ちるので、出来れば生でしたいです。 The sensitivity certainly drops if I use a condom, so if possible I'd like to do it bareback.
机の上に寝かせて置くと転がって落ちることがあるので、試験管立てに立てておく。 If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.
- 切る★【きる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
- to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
- to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
- to cross; to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile - Mahjong term
- to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump ➜ 切り札
- to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:
- to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる
2.大根は拍子木に切る。 2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
家を出る前にはガスのスイッチを切ることを忘れないでください。 Don't forget to turn off the gas before you leave the house.
3.電話をかけても、アナウンス等に従って操作したりせず、すぐに切ること。 3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
いったん封を切るとそのテープは返品できません。 Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.
- 緩む☆【ゆるむ】弛む Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
- to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
- to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
- to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
- to decrease (e.g. speed)
- (of a market price) to go down slightly
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