緊きん縮しゅく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

tightening; contraction; constriction

Literal or technical use for something becoming tighter, smaller, or constricted. In many everyday physical contexts, 収縮 is more common, but 緊縮 can be used for a tighter, more formal description.

• 寒かん冷れい刺し激げきで末まっ梢しょう血けっ管かんが緊きん縮しゅくする。

  Peripheral blood vessels constrict in response to cold stimulation.

• 血けっ管かんの緊きん縮しゅくにより血けつ流りゅうが悪わるくなることがある。

  Constriction of the blood vessels can reduce blood flow.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

austerity; economic curtailment; spending cuts

Used in economics, finance, and government policy for cutting back spending or tightening budgets; common in phrases like 財政緊縮, 緊縮財政, and 緊縮策.

• 政せい府ふは財ざい政せいを緊きん縮しゅくする方ほう針しんを示しめした。

  The government indicated a policy of tightening public finances.

• 緊きん縮しゅく財ざい政せいで公こう共きょう事じ業ぎょうが削さく減げんされた。

  Public works projects were cut under austerity budgeting.

• 景けい気き後こう退たい期きの緊きん縮しゅく策さくには批ひ判はんも多おおい。

  Austerity measures during a recession draw a great deal of criticism.