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小家族化

Reading

Kana: しょうかぞくか
Romaji: shōkazokuka
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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shrinking family (size)

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Reading: ゾク
Meanings: tribe, family
Readings: カ、 ケ、 ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Example Sentence

最近(さいきん)(しょう)家族化(かぞくか)傾向(けいこう)がある。
➥There's a trend these days towards small families.
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