削減

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 削減. Reading: さくげん. Core meaning: reduction; cut.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 照明を見直して、電力使用量の削減を図る / 不要な会議を減らし、作業時間を削減した.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Deliberate reduction
  • Use it for deliberately cutting an amount, time, or cost, as in 使用量を削減する. Distinguish this transitive focus from 減少する, which describes something decreasing.