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
sharp reduction; drastic cut
force reduction; troop reduction
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
arms reduction
debt reduction
carbon dioxide reducing obligation
Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)
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.