加減

How to remember it

加 ("add") + 減 ("subtract") = adjust by adding or taking away.

Example sentences

• 味噌汁の塩加減はちょうどいい。

  みそしるのしおかげんはちょうどいい。

  The saltiness of the miso soup is just right.

• 熱の加減で学校を休んだ。

  ねつのかげんでがっこうをやすんだ。

  I stayed home from school due to my fever.

Usage

As a suffix, 〜加減 means "degree of" something, like 塩加減 (saltiness).

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