Illustration: At a neighborhood print shop, a customer holds a large sheet bearing a drawing of an unusually long dachshund. The attendant lifts a freshly copied smaller sheet from the copier's output tray.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

縮しゅく小しょう

shukushou

to reduce, to scale down

Example sentences

工場こうじょうは生産せいさんを縮小しゅくしょうせざるをえなかった。
The factory had to cut back its production.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
多おおくの会社かいしゃが人員じんいんを最低限さいていげんにまで縮小しゅくしょうした。
A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
国内市場こくないしじょうの縮小しゅくしょうはインフレに依よるものです。
The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 縮小

縮shrink; contractOnシュクKunちぢむ・ちぢまる・ちぢめる
小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-

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