軽減
けいげん · keigen · JLPT N1 · noun
decrease
🪶 軽 = light + 減 = decrease: making a burden lighter is 軽減, a reduction
Pronounced keigen. 軽 (kei) means light in weight or burden, and 減 (gen) means decrease. Together they describe lessening a load, as in 軽減税率, the reduced tax rate on food in Japan.