加減

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

加減 (hiragana かげん, romaji kagen)

  1. addition and subtraction
  2. adjustment, moderation
  3. degree, amount (of seasoning, heating, etc.)
    さじ加減を知らない。
    さじかげんをしらない。
    saji kagen o shiranai.
    They do not know the right number of spoonfuls.
  4. physical condition, how one is feeling

Suffix [edit]

加減 (hiragana かげん, romaji -kagen)

  1. the degree of
  2. to that degree
  3. just right
    入り加減の湯
    はいりかげんのゆ
    hairikagen no yu
    bathwater that's just right to enter

Verb [edit]

加減 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana かげんする, romaji kagen suru)加減する 加減 suru

  1. adjust, make an allowance

Conjugation [edit]