空くう洞どう化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

hollowing out; making hollow; making meaningless

General process of making something hollow or empty, often used figuratively for rendering something meaningless or insubstantial.

• 議ぎ論ろんの空くう洞どう化かを防ふせぐために、具ぐ体たい的てきなデータが必ひつ要ようだ。

  To prevent the discussion from becoming hollow, concrete data is needed.

• その政せい策さくは地ち域いき社しゃ会かいの空くう洞どう化かを招まねいた。

  That policy led to the hollowing out of the local community.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

deindustrialization; hollowing out of industry

Economic sense: decline or loss of manufacturing and industrial activity, often leading to empty factories and job losses.

• この地ち域いきでは産さん業ぎょうの空くう洞どう化かが深しん刻こくな問もん題だいになっている。

  In this region, deindustrialization has become a serious problem.

• 空くう洞どう化かした工こう場じょう跡あと地ちが再さい開かい発はつされている。

  The site of a hollowed-out factory is being redeveloped.