節減|せつげんsetsugen[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbretrenchment; curtailment; economy
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 節減する（せつげんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 節減します（せつげんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 節減しない（せつげんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 節減しません（せつげんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 節減せず・節減せぬ（せつげんせず・せつげんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 節減した（せつげんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 節減しました（せつげんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 節減しなかった（せつげんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 節減しませんでした（せつげんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 節減して（せつげんして） |
| Potential | 節減できる（せつげんできる） |
| Passive | 節減される（せつげんされる） |
| Causative | 節減させる（せつげんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 節減させられる（せつげんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 節減すれば（せつげんすれば） |
| tara | 節減したら（せつげんしたら） |
| Volitional | 節減しよう（せつげんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 節減しましょう（せつげんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 節減しろ（せつげんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym節約せつやくNeutralThe everyday word for economising or saving, and by far the most common; 「節減」 stresses cutting amounts down through such saving.
- Synonym倹約けんやくNeutralThrift or frugality; stresses a personal attitude of not wasting money in daily life rather than cutting specific costs.
- Synonym減額げんがくNeutralReducing a sum of money, as in 「給与の減額」; focuses on the amount itself.
- Synonym節倹せっけんWrittenCutting out waste and living thriftily; a written word, rare even in prose, that stresses a frugal way of life.
- Synonym節用せつようWrittenSaving on expenses; a written word that is rare even in prose — in everyday speech say 「節約」.
- Related安上がりやすあがりNeutralCheap or economical; describes the result of costing little, while 「節減」 is about reducing use through saving.
- Related削減さくげんNeutralCutting budgets, staff and the like; the cut need not come from economising, unlike 「節減」, which stresses saving on use and cost.
- Related緊縮きんしゅくNeutralTightening finances and squeezing spending, as in 「緊縮財政」; mostly used of governments.
- Related縮減しゅくげんWrittenShrinking or scaling down; a written word stressing that a scale or size becomes smaller.
- Related節するせっするWrittenA written verb meaning to moderate or curtail, as in 「飲酒を節する」; little used.
- Antonym浪費ろうひNeutralWasting or squandering money — the opposite of 「節減」.
- Antonym増加ぞうかNeutralIncreasing or growing — the opposite direction from the reduction 「節減」 describes.
Use 「節減」 for cutting costs or amounts through economising, as in 「経費節減」. For everyday saving say 「節約」; for cutting budgets or staff, 「削減」; for fiscal austerity, 「緊縮」. The opposite is 「浪費」.
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