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減速

げんそく

N2deceleration · slowing down

Examples

交差点に近づいたので車を減速させた。

列車は駅の手前でゆっくり減速した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 減速, read げんそく, denotes the process or change of reducing the speed of a moving vehicle or object.
  • Basic usage: It describes a car slowing near an intersection and a train reducing speed before a station.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Reducing speed before stopping
    • It is the process of reducing speed, with a different endpoint from complete 停止.

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