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    3. 先細り

    先細り

    先さき細ぼそり​

    dwindling

    KMT9News #27+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, AdjectiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab19 strokes

    さきぼそり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Adjective

    1.
    dwindling, declining, diminishing, tapering off
    2.
    tapering (to a point)

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    この業ぎょう界かいは先さき細ぼそりの傾けい向こうにある。

    This industry tends to be in decline.

    KMT7Business & Finance
    需じゅ要ようの減げん少しょうにより、売うり上あげが先さき細ぼそりしている。

    Sales are dwindling due to a decrease in demand.

    KMT9Business & Finance
    市し場じょうが先さき細ぼそりする中なかで、新あらたなビジネスモデルの構こう築ちくが急きゅう務むだ。

    As the market dwindles, building a new business model is an urgent task.

    KMT9Business & Finance
    彼かれの健けん康こう状じょう態たいは、残ざん念ねんながら先さき細ぼそりの一いっ方ぽうだ。

    Unfortunately, his health condition is steadily declining.

    KMT9Daily LifeMedicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    資し源げんの先さき細ぼそりは、将しょう来らいの経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうに深しん刻こくな影えい響きょうを与あたえるだろう。

    The dwindling of resources will have a serious impact on future economic growth.

    KMT10Business & FinanceNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    Kanji
    細
    ほそ.い・ほそ.る・こま.か・こま.かい…(1)
    dainty・get thin・taper・slender・narrow…(2)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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