Illustration: In a Japanese apartment bedroom, an adult tries on trousers they previously wore regularly and discovers a broad gap at the waistband. They hold the waistband outward with a quietly pleased, surprised expression while their partner looks over from a laundry basket.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

減げん量りょう

genryou

to lose weight

Example sentences

  1. トムは減量げんりょうしようとしている。

    Tom is trying to get his weight down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ボクサーはタイトルマッチに備そなえて減量げんりょうしなければならなかった。

    The boxer had to lose weight for the title match.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 減量げんりょうは容易たやすくない。

    Losing weight isn’t easy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 減量

  • 減dwindle; decreaseOnゲンKunへる・へらす
  • 量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store