Illustration: At the foot of an apartment staircase, a resident struggles beneath two stacked crates of vegetables. Their knees bend and their shoulders hunch under the weight. A neighbor lifts away the upper crate, allowing the resident to straighten while still holding the lower one.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

軽けい減げん

keigen

to reduce, to lessen

Example sentences

  1. ヨガはストレス軽減けいげんに役立やくだつ。

    Yoga can help lower stress.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ここ数年すうねん、秋あきの観光かんこうシーズンには、その渋滞じゅうたい軽減けいげんのための取とり組くみが行おこなわれている。

    For the past several years, measures have been taken to reduce congestion during the autumn tourist season.

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

  3. 高層建築こうそうけんちくを建たてる上うえでの瓦かわらの重量じゅうりょうを軽減けいげんさせるために用もちいたと考かんがえられている。

    It is believed that this type of tiles were used to reduce the tile weight for tall buildings.

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

Kanji in 軽減

  • 軽light; minorOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunかるい・かろやか・かろんじる
  • 減dwindle; decreaseOnゲンKunへる・へらす

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