Japanese symbol for “mitigate”
減じる
げんじる
Romaji: genjiru
to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate
In Japanese, mitigate is 減じる, read げんじる (genjiru).
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Meanings
- v1, vi to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate
- v1, vt to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
- v1, vt to subtract; to deduct; to take off
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mitigate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減ずる | げんずる genzuru | to reduce; to lessen; to cut down |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減少 | げんしょう genshou | decrease; reduction; decline |
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 加減 | かげん kagen | degree; extent; amount |
| 減速 | げんそく gensoku | deceleration |
| 減る | へる heru | to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 減らす | へらす herasu | to abate; to decrease; to diminish |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mitigate”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.