さくげん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. cut; reduction; curtailment
Pitch accent
くげん
Composed of
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
cost reduction
personnel reduction
cost reduction; cost saving
Examples (8 in total)
We have to cut down our monthly expenses.
The House cut the budget for foreign aid.
Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.
Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.
We explored all possible ways of cutting expenditures.
We have cut back production by 20%.
The new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.
Toyota Corporation announced that it would cut 1,000 positions this year.