Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security pension at that age would mean that the payments are reduced by 20 percent.
That company aims to reduce employee numbers by arranging a lot of retirement money for voluntary redundancies.
あの会社は今、希望退職者に退職金を多く都合することで人員削減を図っている。
As she's quit drinking, she's lost some weight.
彼女はお酒を飲むのをやめたので、体重が減りました。
I'm losing weight.
体重が減っています。
I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.
丸ごと馬一匹を食べられるくらい腹が減っている。
Whatever I say, he has a comeback ready. You can't get a word in edgewise.
ああ言えば、こう言う。まったく、口が減らない奴だ。
We must reduce energy demand.
我々はエネルギーの需要を減らさなくてはならない。
"I'm getting hungry." "Me, too." "Do you want to eat?" "OK."
「お腹減ってきた」「僕も」「ご飯にする?」「うん」
The mayor felt that he should look into the loss of income from parking meters.
市長は駐車メーターからの収入減を調査すべきだと考えた。
I'm really hungry.
超腹減った。
I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?
I have started skipping lunch with a view to losing weight.
私は体重を減らすために昼食を抜きはじめた。
I said 'Quit it'. Can't you see Keiko hates that?
いい加減にしろっつの。恵子さん、嫌がってるだろ。
The law is useless if it's too watered down.
法律というものはあれこれと手加減し過ぎると何の役にも立たなくなる。
Dieting accounts for more than one million deaths.
減食が100万人以上の死亡原因になっているそうだ。
We must look to the government for a tax cut.
私たちは政府が減税してくれるのを期待すべきです。
The deficit has been diminishing little by little.
赤字は徐々に減少している。
The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
同社は何年間も利益が減りつづけた後、廃業した。
Travel by train has been on the decrease.
列車の旅は減る傾向にある。
Business failures are down 10% this year.
今年は倒産が一割減少しています。
As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.
データから明らかなように、喫煙は若者の間では減っていない。
His doctor told him to cut down on drinking.
医者は彼に酒量を減らすように言った。
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.
景気の減退が始まると、短期契約社員達は次々に一時解雇を言い渡された。
Japan's foreign aid is decreasing in part because of an economic slowdown at home.
日本の海外援助は、1つには国内の経済の減速によって減りつつある。
Cavities have become rarer in the developed countries and more people will be able to eat with their own teeth throughout their life.
先進国では虫歯が激減し、自分の歯で一生食べられる人が増えています。
Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.
企業は規模を縮小し、研究開発にふりむける利益分も減らしています。
I'm starved.
超腹減った。
The sanatorium wards for patients for a long term hospitalization have decreased after July, therefore there are concerns of situation that "nurse and medical care-needing refugees" will be dramatically increased.