reducing
減らす
解説 Definition
reducing は reduce（減らす）の動名詞・現在分詞です。量や数、程度を少なくすることを表し、名詞的にも「減らすこと」という意味で使われます。
Reducing is the act or process of making an amount, number, size, or degree smaller. It is also the present participle of reduce and can describe an ongoing effort to decrease something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reduce「減らす」の語末の無音の e を落として -ing を付けた形が reducing で、発音は /rɪˈduːsɪŋ/ です。「量をより小さくする」が核なので、reducing waste、reducing sugar、reducing traffic のように対象を直後に置く形で覚えます。名詞的には「減らすこと」、進行形では「減らしている」です。
Take the base verb reduce, drop its final silent e, and add -ing to form reducing. The pronunciation is /rɪˈduːsɪŋ/, with an /s/ sound before -ing. Keep the core idea “making something smaller or less.” Learn it through common object patterns: reducing waste, reducing costs, reducing sugar, and reducing traffic. At the beginning of a sentence, as in Reducing waste is important, it functions as a gerund naming an activity. In is reducing the amount, it is a present participle forming the progressive tense.
例文
Reducing waste is important.
ごみを減らすことは大切です。
She is reducing the amount of sugar in her tea.
彼女は紅茶に入れる砂糖の量を減らしています。
The city is reducing traffic near the school.
市は学校の近くの交通量を減らしています。
reducing の類義語・関連語
reducing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語reducere（連れ戻す）が語源で、re-（後ろへ）+ducere（導く）の構成。元は「元の状態に戻す」意味から「量を少なくする」へ変化した。同根語にproduce（前へ導く→生産する）やintroduce（中へ導く→紹介する）がある。「戻す＝縮小する」という発想が面白い。
Reducing is the -ing form of reduce, with the final silent e removed before the suffix is added. Reduce comes through French from Latin reducere, formed from re-, “back,” and ducere, “to lead.” The Latin verb meant “to lead back” or “bring back.” From the idea of bringing something to a smaller or earlier condition, English developed the modern sense “make less or smaller.”
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