- 減る【へる】 - to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate 
- 加減【かげん】 - degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition, (health) condition, state of health, adjustment, moderation, regulation, addition and subtraction, slight sign of ..., slight state of ..., just right for ... 
- 減らす【へらす】 - to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten 
- いい加減【いいかげん】 - irresponsible, perfunctory, careless, lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague, (already) enough, considerably, quite, rather, pretty 
- 手加減【てかげん】 - measuring by feel, adjusting by feel, doing by feel, knack, skill, adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.), making allowances, using discretion, going easy (on someone) 
- 削減【さくげん】 - cut, reduction, curtailment 
- 減少【げんしょう】 - decrease, reduction, decline 
- 減速【げんそく】 - deceleration 
- 増減【ぞうげん】 - increase and decrease, fluctuation 
- 半減【はんげん】 - reduction by half, halving 
- 減点【げんてん】 - subtracting points, points deducted 
- 減税【げんぜい】 - tax reduction 
- 減益【げんえき】 - decrease in profits 
- 減俸【げんぽう】 - salary reduction, salary cut 
- 減反【げんたん】 - reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation) 
- 減収【げんしゅう】 - fall, decrease (in income) 
- 軽減【けいげん】 - abatement, reduction 
- 減額【げんがく】 - reduction, diminution, abatement 
- 減量【げんりょう】 - loss in weight (esp. body weight), weight reduction, loss in quantity, reduction of quantity 
- 減産【げんさん】 - decrease in production