へらす

へらす
[減らす] *reduce
|他|【D】 【S】(人・物が)(数量・程度・値など)を減少させる∥ reduce production 生産を減らす.
*decrease
|他|…を減少させる, 減らす∥ decrease crime 犯罪を減らす.
cut down
[他](数・量)を減らす;(費用)を削減する∥ Cut down the number of cigarettes you are smoking. タバコの数を減らしなさい《◆×Cut down cigarettes ... は不可》.
*diminish
|他|【S】【D】 《正式》(事・物・人が)(事・物)を減らす, 小さく[少なく]する.
*lessen
|他|【D】 【S】(人・物・事が)(物・事)を少なく[小さく]する, 減らす.
*lower
|他|【D】 (数量)を減らす;(速度・温度・程度)を下げる;(勢い・力)を弱める∥ lower the expenses 経費を減らす.
whittle
|他|《正式》…を減らす, 削減する, そぐ(away, down, off, up)∥ whittle down his salary 彼の給料を減らす.
▲As your doctor, I advise you to eat less. あなたの医者として, 食事の量を減らすよう忠告します / sweat off [away] one's excessive weight 汗をかいて余分な体重を減らす.
減らす
to decrease
to diminish
to shorten
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へらす【減らす】
*reduce
|他|〖D〗 〖S〗(人・物が)(数量・程度・値など)を減少させる

reduce production 生産を減らす.

*decrease
|他|…を減少させる, 減らす

decrease crime 犯罪を減らす.

cut down
[他](数・量)を減らす;(費用)を削減する

Cut down the number of cigarettes you are smoking. タバコの数を減らしなさい《◆×Cut down cigarettes... は不可》.

*diminish
|他|〖S〗〖D〗 《正式》(事・物・人が)(事・物)を減らす, 小さく[少なく]する.
*lessen
|他|〖D〗 〖S〗(人・物・事が)(物・事)を少なく[小さく]する, 減らす.
*lower
|他|〖D〗 (数量)を減らす;(速度・温度・程度)を下げる;(勢い・力)を弱める

lower the expenses 経費を減らす.

whittle
|他|《正式》…を減らす, 削減する, そぐ(away, down, off, up)

whittle down his salary 彼の給料を減らす.

▲As your doctor, I advise you to eat less. あなたの医者として, 食事の量を減らすよう忠告します

sweat off [away] one's excessive weight 汗をかいて余分な体重を減らす.

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へらす【減らす】
1 〔減少させる〕 reduce; decrease; diminish; lessen; abate; 〔切り詰める〕 shorten; curtail; cut (down, back); cut down on…; slash; 〔軽減させる〕 lighten; alleviate.

●社員数を一割減らす reduce (the number of) staff by 10 percent; make a 10-percent cut in staff numbers

・スポーツで体重[体脂肪]を減らす lose weight [take off some body fat] through sports

・無駄遣いを減らす reduce [cut down on] waste(fulness)

・小遣いを減らす cut sb's pocket money

・地方の負担を減らす lighten the burden on the regions

・口数を減らす 〔発言回数を〕 cut back on the number of times one speaks; speak less; 〔扶養家族数を〕 reduce the number of mouths one has to feed.

●肉を減らしてもっと野菜を食べなさい. Eat less meat and more vegetables.

2 〔摩耗させる〕 wear out.

●刑事は捜査に靴の底を減らして歩きまわった. The detective wore out a lot of shoe leather on his investigations.

3 〔空腹にする〕

●腹を減らした子供たち hungry children

・腹を減らして食事を待つ wait for a meal with [on] an empty stomach


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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