削減

See also: 削减

Chinese

 
to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down)
to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
 
to lower; to decrease; to reduce
to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (削減)
simp. (削减)

Pronunciation


Verb

削減

  1. to cut down; to reduce; to lower; to decrease; to cut; to curtail
    削減污物排放削减污物排放   xuējiǎn wūwù páifàng   to reduce the disposal of pollutants

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さく
Grade: S
げん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

(さく)(げん) • (sakugen) 

  1. reduction, downsizing, curtailment
    歳出(さいしゅつ)削減(さくげん)財政再建(ざいせいさいけん)不可欠(ふかけつ)である。
    Saishutsu sakugen wa zaisei saiken ni fukaketsu de aru.
    Cutting spending is essential to balancing the budget.

Verb

(さく)(げん)する • (sakugen suru) transitive suru (stem (さく)(げん) (sakugen shi), past (さく)(げん)した (sakugen shita))

  1. reduction, downsizing, curtailment
  2. reduce, downsize, cut, curtail
    歳出(さいしゅつ)削減(さくげん)しないのであれば増税(ぞうぜい)はやむを()ない。
    Saishutsu o sakugen shinai no de areba zōzei wa yamu o enai.
    Tax increases are inevitable if we don't reduce spending.

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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