しゅくしょう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. reduction; curtailment
Kanji used
shrink
small
Pitch accent
しゅ
くしょう
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Composed of
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
reduction of armaments; disarmament
export reduction; export contraction
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.
Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.