減歩 げんぶ Meanings Noun, する verb, Transitive reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses Kanji 減 decrease. Read as ゲン. 歩 walk. Read as ブ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists