還元 (kangen)
reduction, restoration, return to origins
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 0
- #5858 most frequent
Meaning
還元 (かんげん, kangen) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “reduction, restoration, return to origins”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 4
企業は利益を社会に還元するべきだ
Companies should return profits to society.
還元剤は、6価クロムを還元するための薬剤である。
The reducing agent is an agent for reducing the chromium (VI).
ゲイツ会長、広告収入をユーザーに還元する意向表明。
Bill Gates announces intent to return advertising revenue to the users.
酸化工程と還元工程は連続して実行する(連続工程)。
The oxidizing process and the reducing process are executed in succession (successive processes).