少子化

Meaning

1. n
   declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

Example sentences

• 少子化からの脱却には、非婚マザーの増大が必須なのに、日本の世論はなぜかこの議論を避けている。

  Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.

• 少子化と人口の老齢化を見越して業務内容を大幅に変更したあの会社は先見の明があったわけだ。

  It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.