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Meaning of 少子化 in Japanese
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少子化
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Kana Readingしょうしか
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Romajishōshika
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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
- declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
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Examples of 少子化, しょうしか in a sentence
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少子化からの脱却には、非婚マザーの増大が必須なのに、日本の世論はなぜかこの議論を避けている。
Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.
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少子化と人口の老齢化を見越して業務内容を大幅に変更したあの会社は先見の明があったわけだ。
It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.
Related Kanji
化
JLPT 3
4 strokes
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
On'Yomi: カ, ケ
Kun'Yomi: ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する
子
JLPT 5
3 strokes
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
On'Yomi: シ, ス, ツ
Kun'Yomi: こ, -こ, ね