Illustration: On a Japanese riverside path, a cyclist approaches a parent walking with a toddler and begins squeezing the brake lever. The bicycle remains upright and rolling, both feet still resting on the pedals, but the rider's previously streaming jacket hem settles closer to their back.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

減げん速そく

gensoku

to slow down

Example sentences

  1. 日本にっぽんの海外援助かいがいえんじょは、1つには国内こくないの経済けいざいの減速げんそくによって減へりつつある。

    Japan’s foreign aid is decreasing in part because of an economic slowdown at home.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 過去かこに脱線事故だっせんじこがあった記録きろくもあり、3番線発着ばんせんはっちゃくの列車れっしゃはかなり減速げんそくした上うえで駅構内えきこうないへ進入しんにゅうする。

    With derailing accidents within the premises recorded, the trains arriving at and departing from Platform 3 enter the premises after decreasing their speeds considerably.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし標高ひょうこうの割わりには急きゅうカーブが多おおく、見通みとおしが悪わるいので峠区間とうげくかんは追おい越こし禁止きんしであり、また減速げんそく帯たいが設もうけられている。

    However, despite its elevation, the road has many sharp curves with poor visibility, so overtaking is prohibited on the mountain pass and speed bumps have been installed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 減速

  • 減dwindle; decreaseOnゲンKunへる・へらす
  • 速quick; fastOnソクKunはやい・はや-・はやめる

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