The doctor advised my father to cut down on smoking.
父は医者からタバコの量を減らせといわれた。
I'm very much in favor of cutting taxes.
私は減税に大賛成だ。
Japan will need more labor to cope with its declining birthrate.
日本は減少中の出生率に対処するため、労働力がもっと必要になるだろう。
I'd like to spend less time at work and more time at home.
私は仕事の時間を減らして、家で過ごす時間をもっと増やしたいです。
You smoke far too much. You should cut back.
君はたばこを吸い過ぎだ。減らすべきだ。
The population of this city is decreasing every year.
この町の人口は年々減少してきている。
I haven't lost any weight.
私は体重が減らなかった。
This is a good exercise to help you lose weight.
これはあなたの減量に役立つ良い運動です。
Try to lose weight by jogging.
ジョギングでもして体重を減らすようにしなさい。
The sanatorium wards for patients for a long term hospitalization have decreased after July, therefore there are concerns of situation that "nurse and medical care-needing refugees" will be dramatically increased.
Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!
おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。
The new law should take a bite out of organized crime.
新しい法律は組織犯罪を減少させるでしょう。
The doctor advised him to cut back on drinking.
医者は彼にお酒を減らすようにアドバイスした。
She tasted the cake to see if it was sweet enough.
彼女は甘さ加減がよいかどうかケーキの味見をした。
Isn't it about time you went to bed?
いい加減に寝たら。
The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.
この新聞は最も人気のある筆者をはずしてから、読者数を減らし始めた。
The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
その皮製の上着の両肘部分が擦り減って穴が空いた。
Only one of the tires is extremely flat. I wonder if it was punctured by a nail or something.
一本だけタイヤの空気圧が極端に減ってるんだ。釘でも刺さってるのかな。
Food packaging reduces spoilage.
食品包装は腐敗を減らす。
Federal budget cuts will take a bite out of Social Security benefits.
連邦政府の予算削減は社会保障の給付に影響が及ぶでしょう。
He told me that he was hungry.
彼は腹が減ったといった。
Obstetric care in crisis as the number of obstetricians continues to fall.
産科医が減り続け、産科医療が危機に陥っている。
His doctor told him to cut down on drinking.
医者は彼に酒量を減らすように言った。
Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security pension at that age would mean that the payments are reduced by 20 percent.