Vocabulary

What does 縮小 (しゅくしょう, shukushou) mean?

縮小 (しゅくしょう, shukushou) means shrinkage, reduction, scaling down.

Quick facts
Readingしゅくしょう
Romajishukushou
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
しゅくしょう
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshukushou

shrinkage, reduction, scaling down

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive reduction; curtailment; cut

Example sentences

  • The company cut its budget.

  • We plan to scale down the plan.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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