縮小

Japanese

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Etymology

From (shuku, "shrink," "reduce," "shorten") + (shō, "small," "little")

Noun

縮小 (hiragana しゅくしょう, romaji shukushō)

  1. reduction, curtailment, cut

Compounds

  • 縮小命令セットコンピュータ (shukushō meirei setto konpyūta): Reduced Instruction Set Computer
  • 拡大縮小 (kakudai shukushō): scaling, zooming
  • 軍備縮小 (gunbi shukushō): reduction of armaments, disarmament
  • 景気縮小 (keiki shukushō): economic contraction
  • 輸出縮小 (shushutsu shukushō): export reduction, export contraction
  • 瞳孔縮小 (dōkō shukushō): pupil contraction
  • 左心縮小術 (sashin-shukushōjutsu): reduction left ventriculoplasty, Batista procedure

Verb

縮小 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana しゅくしょうする, romaji shukushō suru)縮小する 縮小 suru

  1. reduce, curtail, cut down
    事業の規模を縮小した。
    事業のきぼをしゅくしょうした。
    Jigyō no kibo o shukushō shita.
    The company reduced their business.

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