多くの会社が人員を最低限にまで縮小した。

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English Translation

A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.

Furigana

多(おお)くの会社(かいしゃ)が人員(じんいん)を最低限(さいていげん)にまで縮小(しゅくしょう)した。

Romanji

Ōku no kaisha ga jin'in o saiteigen ni made shukushōshita.

Words

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

人員 (じんいん)

number of persons; personnel

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

最低限 (さいていげん)

minimum

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

縮小 (しゅくしょう)

reduction; curtailment