減らす

(1) 小さくする(make smaller; "He decreased his staff")(make smaller)

⇒彼はスタッフを減らした(make smaller)

(2) より小さくする(make smaller; "reduce an image")

⇒画像を縮小する(make smaller)

(3) ごくわずかな液体しか残らなくなるまで料理される(be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup")(be cooked until very little liquid is left)

⇒ソースは1カップにまで減らすべきである(be cooked until very little liquid is left)

(4) 狭める、または限定する(narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners")(narrow or limit)

⇒外国人の流入を抑える(narrow or limit)

(5) 非常に少量の液体が残るまで煮る(cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time")(cook until very little liquid is left)

⇒コックは長い間ソースを沸騰させることでソースの量を減らした(cook until very little liquid is left)

(6) カットして減らす減少させる(cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits")(cut down on)(make a reduction in)

⇒雇用者は医療補助を削減したい(make a reduction in)

(7) より慎ましいまたは弱い状態になる(bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery")(bring to humbler or weaker state or condition)

⇒彼は奴隷人口を減少させた(bring to humbler or weaker state or condition)

(8) 人を格または地位において、おとしめるまたはみっともない事態になるように強いる(lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant")(lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)

⇒彼女は自分の姪を使用人の身分に落とした(lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)

(9) 少なくする、より控え目にする(lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living")(lessen and make more modest)

⇒生活水準を下げる(lessen and make more modest)