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縮しゅく小しょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction; shrinkage
Alt. forms
縮しゅく小しょう
99%
縮しゅく少しょう
Kanji used
縮
shrink
小
small
Pitch accent
しゅ
くしょう
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Conjugations...Used in: 855
Composed of
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
scaling; zooming
reduction of armaments; disarmament
balanced contraction; diminishing equilibrium; reductive balance
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Examples (4 in total)
Metal contracts when cooled.
The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.
A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.
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