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Meaning of 削減 in Japanese
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削減JLPT 1
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Kana Readingさくげん
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Romajisakugen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- cut; reduction; curtailment
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Examples of 削減, さくげん in a sentence
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I reviewed the budget, and decided to cut costs.
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She pared down her expenditures.
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His invention will save hours in manufacturing our product.
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Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.
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退職を選択する人々は、６２歳という若さで退職を選べるのである。もっとも、その年齢で社会保障年金を受け取り始めると、支払金額が２０％削減されてしまうことになるだろうが。
Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security pension at that age would mean that the payments are reduced by 20 percent.
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We have to cut down our monthly expenses.
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