削減する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 削減する | 削減しない |
| Polite | 削減します | 削減しません |
| Past polite | 削減しました | 削減しませんでした |
| Past | 削減した | 削減しなかった |
| Te-form | 削減して | 削減しないで |
| Desire | 削減したい | 削減したくない |
| Potential | 削減できる | 削減できない |
| Passive | 削減される | 削減されない |
| Causative | 削減させる | 削減させない |
| Causative passive | 削減させられる | 削減させられない |
| Volitional | 削減しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 削減しましょう | |
| Imperative | 削減しろ | 削減するな |
| Conditional | 削減すれば | 削減しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 削減したら | 削減しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Used for deliberate reduction of budgets, costs, staff, or resources, often in formal, business, or policy contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
The government plans to significantly cut next year's budget.
コスト削減のために人員を減らした。
We reduced staff to cut costs.
経費の削減が急務となっている。
Reducing expenses has become an urgent task.
The company decided to cut its expenses.
The budget is planned to be cut by 10 percent next fiscal year.
The government drastically cut military spending.
The factory is trying to reduce labor costs.
削減する is a formal, often bureaucratic word for cutting things like budgets or staff, whereas 減らす is the everyday general verb for reducing anything.
削減 is the more common word for cutting down numbers or amounts, such as staff or budget, while 節減 emphasizes economizing to save resources.
削減 means cutting down or eliminating something concrete like a budget or staff, whereas 軽減 means lightening a burden without necessarily removing it.
削減 emphasizes cutting back an amount (like a budget or workforce), whereas 引き下げ focuses on lowering a level or rate.
削減 implies actively cutting or slashing something like a budget or workforce, while 低減 is broader and can describe gradual or natural reduction.
削減 is used for cutting quantities, costs, or numbers, whereas 短縮 is used for reducing time or length.
削減 means cutting or reducing a figure such as a budget, the opposite of 水増し's inflating of numbers.
force reduction; troop reduction
sharp reduction; drastic cut