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    3. 切り下げる

    切り下げる

    切きり​下さげ​る​

    to cut down

    KMT10News #42+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab15 strokes

    きり下げる切りさげる

    きりさげる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to cut down, to prune, to reduce, to cut and hang down, to cut shorter
    2.
    to round down (e.g. fraction)

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    予よ算さんを切きり下さげる必ひつ要ようがある。

    We need to cut down the budget.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    会かい社しゃは売うり上あげを伸のばすために価か格かくを切きり下さげることを決けっ定ていした。

    The company decided to cut down prices to increase sales.

    KMT10Business & FinanceDaily Life
    最さい終しゅう得とく点てんを計けい算さんする際さい、小しょう数すう点てん以い下かは切きり下さげて整せい数すうとする。

    When calculating the final score, fractions are rounded down to the nearest whole number.

    KMT10Science & MathEducation
    節せつ電でんのため、不ふ要ような照しょう明めいを切きり下さげるべきだ。

    To save electricity, we should cut down on unnecessary lighting.

    KMT10Daily LifeNature & Environment
    庭にわ師しは木きの高たかさを切きり下さげて、見み栄ばえを良よくした。

    The gardener pruned the branches to make the tree shorter.

    KMT10Daily LifeNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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