減る

"Mew, mew! Now we are hungry!" said the Hundreds of cats, Thousands of cats, Millions and trillions of cats.

「にゃお、にゃお、今度はおなかが減った！」と、百匹のねこ千匹のねこ、百万匹一億匹のねこがいいました。

One more or less doesn't make much difference.

１人ぐらい増えても減ってもたいしたことはない。

Whatever I say, he has a comeback ready. You can't get a word in edgewise.

ああ言えば、こう言う。まったく、口が減らない奴だ。

経る

There were a lot of twists and turns to the story, but we finally solved the problem.

あの問題も、紆余曲折を経て解決した。

Though one week has passed, I am still suffering from the jet lag. [M]

一週間経つけど、僕はまだ時差ぼけに苦しんでいる。

After many turns and twists, the treaty has come to insects.

幾多の紆余曲折を経て条約は締結されるに至った。