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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