🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

人員削減

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jinjin sakugen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Redundancy/rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"景気後退により、大規模な人員削減が行われた。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being no longer needed or useful; the dismissal of a worker because they are no longer needed.

    "Thousands of jobs were lost due to company redundancies."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'redundantia', stemming from 'redundare' (to overflow, abound), formed from 're-' (back, again) and 'undare' (to rise in waves, from 'unda' meaning wave). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, it initially denoted superfluous abundance or overflowing fullness before evolving to mean unnecessary repetition or duplication in systems and language.

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