ステルス値ね上あげ

noun

shrinkflation; stealth price hike

Refers to the practice of reducing product size or quality while keeping the price the same, effectively a hidden price increase. Common in economic and consumer contexts.

• 最さい近きん、ステルス値ね上あげが増ふえていて、同おなじ値ね段だんなのに内ない容よう量りょうが減へっている。

  Lately, shrinkflation has been increasing; the price is the same but the contents have decreased.

• 消しょう費ひ者しゃはステルス値ね上あげに気きづきにくい。

  Consumers tend not to notice stealth price hikes.