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切り下げ (きりさげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
noun
devaluation ; markdown ; write-down ; undercutting
Used for lowering the value of a currency, reducing a price, writing down an asset, or undercutting a competitor. Common in economic and business contexts.
在ざい
庫こ
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切き
り
下さ
げ
を
行おこな
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。
We wrote down the inventory.
Similar words 切き り 上あ げ 切り上げ means revaluation or rounding up, the opposite of 切り下げ.
値ね 下さ げ 値下げ is a general price reduction, while 切り下げ often implies a deliberate downward adjustment, especially in financial contexts.
Etymology Compound of 切り (stem of 切る, 'cut') and 下げ (stem of 下げる, 'lower'). Literally 'cut and lower', referring to a downward adjustment.
