削減

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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) 削 減
simp. (削减) 削 减
anagram 減削／减削

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
削 減
さく
Grade: S 		げん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

削(さく)減(げん) • (sakugen) 

  1. reduction, downsizing, curtailment
    歳出(さいしゅつ)削減(さくげん)は財政再建(ざいせいさいけん)に不可欠(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

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

  1. reduction, downsizing, curtailment
  2. reduce, downsize, cut, curtail
    歳出(さいしゅつ)を削減(さくげん)しないのであれば増税(ぞうぜい)はやむを得(え)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

Conjugation of "削減する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 削減し さくげんし sakugen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 削減し さくげんし sakugen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 削減する さくげんする sakugen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 削減する さくげんする sakugen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 削減すれ さくげんすれ sakugen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 削減せよ¹
削減しろ² 		さくげんせよ¹
さくげんしろ² 		sakugen seyo¹
sakugen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 削減される さくげんされる sakugen sareru
Causative 削減させる
削減さす 		さくげんさせる
さくげんさす 		sakugen saseru
sakugen sasu
Potential 削減できる さくげんできる sakugen dekiru
Volitional 削減しよう さくげんしよう sakugen shiyō
Negative 削減しない さくげんしない sakugen shinai
Negative continuative 削減せず さくげんせず sakugen sezu
Formal 削減します さくげんします sakugen shimasu
Perfective 削減した さくげんした sakugen shita
Conjunctive 削減して さくげんして sakugen shite
Hypothetical conditional 削減すれば さくげんすれば sakugen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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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