減る

へるheru

decrease

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, なくなる, 巡る, 集まる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 減ります, 減らない.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative減りますへりますherimasu
    2. negative減りませんへりませんherimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative減りましたへりましたherimashita
    2. negative減りませんでしたへりませんでしたherimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 減ってへってhette
    2. request減ってくださいへってくださいhette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 減りましょうへりましょうherimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative減りたいへりたいheritai
    2. negative減りたくないへりたくないheritakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative減るへるheru
    2. negative減らないへらないheranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative減ったへったhetta
    2. negative減らなかったへらなかったheranakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain減っているへっているhette iru
    2. polite減っていますへっていますhette imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain減れるへれるhereru
    2. polite減れますへれますheremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 減ったらへったらhettara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain減られるへられるherareru
    2. polite減られますへられますheraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 減ろうへろうherō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order減れへれhere
    2. ban減るなへるなheru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative減ればへればhereba
    2. negative減らなければへらなければheranakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain減らせるへらせるheraseru
    2. polite減らせますへらせますherasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain減らせられるへらせられるheraserareru
    2. polite減らせられますへらせられますheraseraremasu