定員割れ

Reading

Kana: ていいんわれ

Romaji: teiinware

Definition

noun

1

falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

Kanji

定

Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か

Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

割

Readings: カツ、 わ.る、 わり、 わ.り、 わ.れる、 さ.く

Meanings: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split