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縮小 (しゅくしょう): reduction, curtailment — Japanese vocabulary

縮小 is read しゅくしょう and means "reduction, curtailment". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

縮小

Reading
しゅくしょう · shukushou
Translation
reduction, curtailment
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しゅくしょうが

Example

金属は冷やされると縮小する。

きんぞくはひやされるとしゅくしょうする。

Metal contracts when cooled.

Kanji in this word

  • 縮 — shrink, reduce
  • 小 — small

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