Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 少子化(しょうしか) in Japanese

少子化
Kana Reading
しょうしか
Romaji
shōshika
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
    Example sentence
    少子化から脱却には非婚マザー増大必須のに日本世論ぜかこの議論避けている。 Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.

Examples of 少子化, しょうしか in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

4 strokes

few, little

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: すく.ない, すこ.し

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JLPT 3

4 strokes

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

On'Yomi: カ, ケ

Kun'Yomi: ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

On'Yomi: シ, ス, ツ

Kun'Yomi: こ, -こ, ね

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