さくげん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. cut; reduction; curtailment
Kanji used
scrape off
reduction
Pitch accent
くげん
Top 23300
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)
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.