操そう業ぎょう短たん縮しゅく

noun

curtailment of operations; production cutback; short-time working

Used mainly in business and manufacturing contexts for reducing operating hours, output, or shifts, often due to weak demand or supply issues.

• 半はん導どう体たい不ぶ足そくのため、自じ動どう車しゃ工こう場じょうは操そう業ぎょう短たん縮しゅくを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

  Due to the semiconductor shortage, the car factory was forced to curtail operations.

• 電でん力りょく不ぶ足そくで製せい鉄てつ所じょが操そう業ぎょう短たん縮しゅくに入はいった。

  The steel mill went into production cutbacks because of the power shortage.