しゅくしょう – Vocabulary details

しゅくしょう

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction; shrinkage

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

しゅ

くしょう

Conjugations...

Composed of

しゅく

wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour

しょう

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 (10 in total)

かくだいしゅくしょう

scaling; zooming

ぐんびしゅくしょう

reduction of armaments; disarmament

しゅくしょうきんこう

balanced contraction; diminishing equilibrium; reductive balance

7 more...

Examples (4 in total)

金きん属ぞくは冷ひやされるとしゅくしょうする。

Metal contracts when cooled.

国こく内ない市し場じょうのしゅくしょうはインフレに依よるものです。

The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.

多おおくの会かい社しゃが人じん員いんを最さい低てい限げんにまでしゅくしょうした。

A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.