減産

• 読み: げんさん
• ローマ字: gensan
• 漢字の分解: 減 (gen) — decrease, reduce; 産 (san) — production, output, yield
• 発音: /ɡen.saɴ/

意味

Production cut; reduction in output; curtailment of manufacturing or supply.

A noun used in industrial, economic, and news contexts to describe a deliberate reduction in the volume of goods produced, typically in response to weak demand, oversupply, or external shocks. Frequently used in discussions of oil production (OPECの減産), automobile manufacturing, and semiconductor supply chains. The opposite is 増産 (production increase).

例文

1. OPECは原油価格の下支えを狙い、協調減産を決定した。
2. 半導体メーカーは需要低迷を受けて大規模な減産に踏み切った。
3. 減産による供給不足が部品価格の上昇を招いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: industry, economics, commodities, supply chain

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 減 (gen, to reduce/decrease) and 産 (san, production/output/yield). A straightforward compound meaning a decrease in productive output, following the common Japanese pattern of verb-noun compounds.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Industrial