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How to Say ‘I'll reduce fried food.’ in Japanese

揚げ物を減らします。

agemono o herashi masu

[ah-GEH-moh-noh oh heh-RAH-shee mahss]

💬 Usage Tip: を marks what gets reduced and is pronounced (o). For example, お酒を減らします "I'll cut down on alcohol".

Phrase Breakdown

揚げ物を

agemono o

fried food (object)

揚げ物 (deep-fried food) + を (object marker, read 'o'). Say 'a-ge-mo-no o'.

Example

揚げ物を食べました。

I ate fried food.

Words in this phrase

揚げ物

agemono

[ah-GEH-moh-noh]

fried food

Deep-fried dishes like tempura or karaage.

Example

揚げ物が好きです。

I like fried food.

を

[oh]

object marker

A particle marking the thing you want or the object of the action. In speech, it is pronounced 'o'.

Example

チェックインをお願いしますと言います。

I say, 'Check-in, please.'

減らします。

herashi masu

will reduce / cut down

The polite form of 減らす (to reduce). Say 'he-ra-shi-ma-su'; the final 'u' is soft.

Example

お酒を減らします。

I will cut down on alcohol.

Words in this phrase

減らし

herashi

[heh-RAH-shee]

reduce; cut down

Stem of 減らす, to decrease something.

Example

お酒を減らしました。

I cut down on alcohol.

ます

masu

[mahss]

polite verb ending

A polite ending often used in Japanese verbs, such as します and あります.

Example

ますを使うと丁寧です。

Using ます makes it polite.

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