加減

加減

See also: 加减

Chinese

		to add; plus	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (加減)		加	減
simp. (加减)		加	减

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiājiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ gaam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-kám
• Min Nan (POJ): ke-kiám / kee-kiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiājiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ gaam²
    • Yale: gā gáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ gaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ gam²
    • IPA ^(key): /käː⁵⁵ käːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-kám
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ gam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ gam³
    • IPA: /ka²⁴ kam³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-kiám
    • Tâi-lô: ke-kiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'kiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³ kiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kiam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-kiám
    • Tâi-lô: kee-kiám
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /kɛ³³⁻²¹ kiam⁴⁴⁵/

Verb

加減

1. to increase or decrease; to add or subtract
2. (figuratively) to adjust

Derived terms

加減乘除／加减乘除 (jiājiǎn chéngchú)

Adverb

加減

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) somewhat; to some extent; more or less
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) casually; carelessly

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
加	減
か Grade: 4	げん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かげん [kàgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

加減 (hiragana かげん, rōmaji kagen)

1. addition and subtraction
2. adjustment, moderation
3. degree, amount (of seasoning, heating, etc.)

   さじ加 (か)減 (げん)を知 (し)らない。

   Saji kagen o shiranai.

   They do not know the right number of spoonfuls.

4. physical condition, how one is feeling

Compounds

• (addition and subtraction): 加 (か)減 (げん)乗 (じょう)除 (じょ) (kagenjōjo)

Suffix

加減 (hiragana かげん, rōmaji -kagen)

1. the degree of
2. to that degree
3. just right

   入 (はい)り加 (か)減 (げん)の湯 (ゆ)

   hairi-kagen no yu

   bathwater that's just right to enter

Verb

加減する (transitive, hiragana かげんする, rōmaji kagen suru)

1. adjust, make an allowance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "加減する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	加減し	かげんし	kagen shi
Continuative (連用形)	加減し	かげんし	kagen shi
Terminal (終止形)	加減する	かげんする	kagen suru
Attributive (連体形)	加減する	かげんする	kagen suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	加減すれ	かげんすれ	kagen sure
Imperative (命令形)	加減せよ¹ 加減しろ²	かげんせよ¹ かげんしろ²	kagen seyo¹ kagen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	加減される	かげんされる	kagen sareru
Causative	加減させる 加減さす	かげんさせる かげんさす	kagen saseru kagen sasu
Potential	加減できる	かげんできる	kagen dekiru
Volitional	加減しよう	かげんしよう	kagen shiyō
Negative	加減しない	かげんしない	kagen shinai
Negative continuative	加減せず	かげんせず	kagen sezu
Formal	加減します	かげんします	kagen shimasu
Perfective	加減した	かげんした	kagen shita
Conjunctive	加減して	かげんして	kagen shite
Hypothetical conditional	加減すれば	かげんすれば	kagen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.