JLPT N3Kanji compounds

減少

Readingげんしょうgenshou

Meaning
数や量が減って少なくなること
Explanation
「減少(げんしょう)」 means that a number or quantity decreases and becomes smaller. It is used as in 「人口が減少する(the population decreases)」. As the character 「減」 indicates, it means to decrease, and it is the opposite of 「増加(ぞうか)」, in which the number or quantity increases.
Original Japanese explanation

「減少(げんしょう)」は、数や量が減って少なくなることです。「人口が減少する」のように使います。「減」という字のとおり減る意味で、数や量が増える「増加(ぞうか)」とは反対の言葉です。

Examples
  • 人口が減少する

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