縮減|しゅくげんshukugen[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreduction; diminishment; contraction

• Synonym軽減けいげんWrittenLightening a burden; about a load becoming lighter, as in 「負担軽減」.
• Synonym減らすへらすNeutralThe most common everyday verb for reducing; more colloquial than 「縮減」.
• Synonym減額げんがくWrittenReducing an amount; written style, focused on sums of money.
• Synonym減少げんしょうWrittenDecrease; common in both writing and speech, focusing on the result of a quantity going down.
• Synonym縮小しゅくしょうWrittenShrinking scale or size; written style, more common than 「縮減」.
• Synonym減殺げんさいWrittenLessening or weakening; written style, also a term in civil law.
• Related削減さくげんWrittenThe standard word for cuts in news reports and official writing, as in 「経費削減」; far more common than 「縮減」.
• Related削るけずるNeutralLiterally to shave or scrape away, but also used for cutting budgets or staff; colloquial and more concrete than 「縮減」.
• Related短縮たんしゅくWrittenShortening time or distance; concerned with length, not with quantities or scale.
• Related節約せつやくNeutralEveryday economising; about eliminating waste rather than shrinking scale.
• Related節減せつげんWrittenRetrenchment; a written word focused on saving on expenses.
• Related低減ていげんWrittenLowering or reducing; written style, often applied to risks and costs.
• RelatedそぐWrittenTo chip or shave off; also to dampen drive or enthusiasm, as in 「やる気を削ぐ」. A written word.
• Related減損げんそんWrittenLoss or impairment; written style, used mostly in accounting, as in 「減損処理」.
• Related節するせっするWrittenTo be moderate and curtail use; a rare written word about restraint.
• Related減ずるげんずるWrittenTo decrease or subtract; written style, synonymous with 「減じる」.
• Related減じるげんじるWrittenTo decrease or subtract; written style, an alternative form of 「減ずる」.
• Antonym拡大かくだいWrittenExpansion; the exact opposite of 「縮減」 in its sense of shrinking scale.
• Antonym増加ぞうかWrittenIncrease; the exact opposite of 「縮減」 in its sense of reducing quantities.
• Antonym増大ぞうだいWrittenGrowth in size; the exact opposite of 「縮減」's sense of shrinking and reducing.

「縮減」 is a formal word for scaling down operations or budgets in official documents. 「削減」 is the usual word for cuts, 「縮小」 for shrinking scale, and 「減らす」 the everyday verb. 「短縮」 is for time and distance, 「節約」 for cutting waste, 「軽減」 for easing burdens, 「減額」 for sums of money, 「低減」 for risks and costs, and 「減少」 for a falling quantity. 「拡大」「増加」「増大」 are the antonyms.

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1. 量りょうや程度ていどを少すくなくすること。また、少すくなくなること。