Reduce

"Reduce" in Japanese

下げる

sageru

(to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something)

下げる

sageru

(to bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote)

不純物を取り除く

fujunbutsu wo torinozoku

(metallurgy: to produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter)

切り詰める

kiritsumeru

(to bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote)

削減する

sakugen suru

(to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something)

強いる

shiiru

(to bring to an inferior state or condition)

減らす

herasu

(to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something)

減る

heru

(to lose weight)

煮詰める

nitsumeru

(to decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling)

簡約する

kan'yaku suru

(math: to simplify an equation or formula without changing its value)

約分する

yakubun suru

(math: to simplify an equation or formula without changing its value)

還元する

kangen suru

(chemistry: to add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen)

鎮める

shizumeru

(to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture)

鎮圧する

chin'atsu suru

(to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.