Word Meaning 縮小
しゅくしょう
shukushou
縮小 is read as しゅくしょう (shukushou) and means reduction.
Meaning
English
- reduction
- curtailment
- cut
- cutback
- scaling down
Reading
Kana
しゅくしょう
Romaji
shukushou
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4工場は生産を縮小せざるをえなかった。
The factory had to cut back its production.
多くの国において軍備縮小は実際には難しい。
Disarmament is in practice difficult in many countries.
急激な工業化により、河川はさらに縮小する可能性がある。
Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.
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?