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Kanji 縮, meaning shrink, appears in 31 Japanese example sentences with translation.
This page groups example sentences to show how kanji 縮 appears in context, how the reading behaves, and how the translation maps to the usage.
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曾ては『平和』のために軍備が拡張せられねばならぬと言われた。今は『平和』のために軍備が縮小せられねばならぬと言われる。『平和』がそれを聞いたら何と答えるだろう。
It was once said that "peace" called for the expansion of arms. Now it is said that "peace" calls for the reduction of arms. I wonder what "peace" would say if she heard that?