縮しゅく小しょう

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縮小する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	縮しゅく小しょうする	縮しゅく小しょうしない
Polite	縮しゅく小しょうします	縮しゅく小しょうしません
Past polite	縮しゅく小しょうしました	縮しゅく小しょうしませんでした
Past	縮しゅく小しょうした	縮しゅく小しょうしなかった
Te-form	縮しゅく小しょうして	縮しゅく小しょうしないで
Desire	縮しゅく小しょうしたい	縮しゅく小しょうしたくない
Potential	縮しゅく小しょうできる	縮しゅく小しょうできない
Passive	縮しゅく小しょうされる	縮しゅく小しょうされない
Causative	縮しゅく小しょうさせる	縮しゅく小しょうさせない
Causative passive	縮しゅく小しょうさせられる	縮しゅく小しょうさせられない
Volitional	縮しゅく小しょうしよう
Polite volitional	縮しゅく小しょうしましょう
Imperative	縮しゅく小しょうしろ	縮しゅく小しょうするな
Conditional	縮しゅく小しょうすれば	縮しゅく小しょうしなければ
Tara conditional	縮しゅく小しょうしたら	縮しゅく小しょうしなかったら

Meanings

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

reduction; cutback; scaling down

Transitive use: to make the size, scale, budget, scope, or operation of something smaller. Common as 縮小する and in nouns such as 予算の縮小 or 事業縮小.

会かい社しゃは来らい年ねん度どの予よ算さんを縮しゅく小しょうする方ほう針しんだ。
The company plans to reduce next year's budget.
需じゅ要ようの低てい下かを受うけて、工こう場じょうの生せい産さん規き模ぼを縮しゅく小しょうした。
In response to falling demand, they scaled down the factory's production.

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

contraction; shrinkage; becoming smaller

Intransitive use: something becomes smaller or contracts in size, scale, or scope. Often used for markets, differences, economies, spaces, or images.

少しょう子し化かの影えい響きょうで国こく内ない市し場じょうが縮しゅく小しょうしている。
The domestic market is shrinking because of the declining birthrate.
コピー機きで画が像ぞうが少すこし縮しゅく小しょうされた。
The image was slightly reduced on the copier.

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Usage patterns

〈事じ業ぎょう〉を縮しゅく小しょうするto scale down or downsize something (e.g. a business, budget)
会かい社しゃは不ふ況きょうのため事じ業ぎょうを縮しゅく小しょうした。
The company scaled down its business due to the recession.
規き模ぼを縮しゅく小しょうするto reduce the scale of something
政せい府ふは計けい画かくの規き模ぼを縮しゅく小しょうすることを決きめた。
The government decided to reduce the scale of the plan.
〈物もの〉を縮しゅく小しょうコピーするto make a reduced-size copy of something
この資し料りょうをA4サイズに縮しゅく小しょうコピーしてください。
Please make a reduced copy of this document to A4 size.
縮しゅく小しょう傾けい向こうにあるto be on a shrinking or contracting trend
この分ぶん野やの市し場じょうは縮しゅく小しょう傾けい向こうにある。
The market in this field is on a shrinking trend.
〈事こと〉の差さが縮しゅく小しょうするfor a gap or difference (in something) to narrow
両りょう国こくの経けい済ざい格かく差さが縮しゅく小しょうしている。
The economic gap between the two countries is narrowing.

Kanji

縮shrink, contract, shrivel
小little, small
少few, little

Transitive / intransitive

縮小 itself covers both frames: transitively, someone reduces something (会社が事業を縮小する, 'the company scales down its business'), and intransitively, something shrinks on its own (市場が縮小する, 'the market contracts').

Related words· 12

削さく減げんN2sense 1
削減 is used especially for cutting concrete amounts like costs, staff, or emissions, while 縮小 emphasizes making the overall scale or size smaller.
減げん少しょうN2
減少 refers to a decrease in number or amount, while 縮小 is broader, covering physical size, business scale, or scope shrinking.
収しゅう縮しゅく
縮小 is typically used for deliberately scaling something down, like a plan or budget, while 収縮 describes a natural or physical contraction.
縮しゅく尺しゃく
縮小 is a broad word for making something smaller in size, scope, or amount, while 縮尺 refers specifically to the fixed ratio used in maps, drawings, plans, or models.

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萎い縮しゅく
縮小 usually describes a deliberate reduction in scale (e.g. a business shrinking its operations), whereas 萎縮 suggests an unwanted, natural or forced withering.
ダウンサイジング
縮小 is a plain native Japanese word for shrinking or reducing something, whereas ダウンサイジング is a loanword often used in business/tech contexts with a similar meaning.
短たん縮しゅくN1
縮小 refers to reducing overall size or scale (like an image or budget), while 短縮 specifically refers to reducing length or duration.
縮ちぢめるN2
縮小する means to reduce something in scale or size (like a budget or image), while 縮める more often targets length, time, or distance specifically.
減げん員いん
縮小 means scaling down or shrinking something in general (a business, a project), whereas 減員 narrowly targets a reduction in personnel numbers.
圧あっ縮しゅくN2
縮小 means reducing size or scale generally, while 圧縮 specifically implies compacting through pressure or removing slack.
縮ちぢまるN2
縮小する is a more formal word often used for scale, budget, or size reduction, while 縮まる is the everyday intransitive verb for something shrinking or a gap narrowing on its own.
縮ちぢむN3
縮小する is a formal term for reducing scale or size (budgets, operations), while 縮む is used for physical shrinking of concrete things.

Opposites· 9

拡かく大だいN3
拡大 means to expand or enlarge something, the direct opposite of 縮小, which means to shrink or scale it down.
引ひき延のばし
縮小 means to shrink or reduce in size, the opposite of 引き延ばし when it refers to enlarging a photo.
拡かく張ちょうN2
縮小 means to shrink or reduce something, the direct opposite of 拡張's sense of expanding or enlarging.

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広ひろがり
縮小 means a shrinking or reduction in size, the opposite of the expanding extent implied by 広がり.
拡かく充じゅうN2
縮小 means to shrink or reduce something, the direct opposite of 拡充's expansion and enhancement.
展てん開かいN2
縮小 means to shrink or scale down, the opposite of 展開's sense of expanding or deploying something over a wider area.
広ひろがるN3
縮小する means to shrink or reduce in scale, the opposite of 広がる expanding or spreading out.
増ぞう幅ふく
縮小 means shrinking or reducing something, the opposite of 増幅 when it refers to making something larger or more intense in general.
膨ぼう張ちょうN1
縮小 means reduction in scale, the opposite of 膨張's growth in size or scope.

Don't confuse with

短たん縮しゅくN1sense 1
短縮 specifically means shortening something in time or length (e.g. 短縮授業), while 縮小 refers to reducing overall size, scale, or scope.
縮しゅく図ず
縮小 means the general act or process of shrinking/reducing something, whereas 縮図 is specifically the resulting miniature drawing or a figurative microcosm.

Word family· 8

拡かく大だい縮しゅく小しょう
scaling; zooming
景けい気き縮しゅく小しょう
economic contraction
瞳どう孔こう縮しゅく小しょう
pupil constriction; miosis
縮しゅく小しょう均きん衡こう
balanced contraction; diminishing equilibrium; reductive balance
軍ぐん備び縮しゅく小しょう
reduction of armaments; disarmament

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輸ゆ出しゅつ縮しゅく小しょう
export reduction; export contraction
通つう貨か縮しゅく小しょう
deflation; currency contraction
左さ心しん縮しゅく小しょう術じゅつ
reduction left ventriculoplasty; Batista procedure

Written forms

縮しゅく小しょうUsage100%
Standard and common kanji spelling for both the noun and する-verb uses.
縮しゅく少しょうUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only kanji form; 縮小 is the normal spelling in modern writing.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 縮, associated with shrinking or contracting, and 小, associated with smallness; together they express making something smaller or becoming smaller.