noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
thinning out; pruning; culling; sub-sampling
General term for removing excess items to improve the remainder. Used in agriculture (thinning seedlings), forestry (pruning), animal husbandry (culling), and technology (sub-sampling of data or signals).
大根の間引きをして、大きく育つようにした。
I thinned out the radish seedlings so they could grow bigger.
動画のフレームを間引きして容量を減らした。
I reduced the file size by sub-sampling the video frames.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Historical or euphemistic term for the practice of killing unwanted infants, often due to poverty or population control in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage; usually encountered in historical contexts.
江戸時代には貧困から間引きが行われることがあった。
During the Edo period, infanticide was sometimes practiced due to poverty.