来年の「恵方巻き」小サイズ主流？　食品ロス削減へ(19/12/12)

予約

Reservation, appointment, booking, advance order; contract, subscription, pledge

向ける

To turn towards, to point

始まる

To begin, to start, to commence; to happen (again), to begin (anew); to date (from), to originate (in)

早い

Fast, quick, hasty, brisk; early (in the day, etc.), premature; (too) soon, not yet, (too) early; easy, simple, quick

来年

Next year

恵方

Favourable direction, favorable direction, lucky direction

節分

Last day of winter in the traditional japanese calendar (usually february 3 or 4), holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony); last day of any season (according to the traditional japanese calendar)

増える

To increase, to multiply

食品

Food, food products, foodstuffs

削減

Cut, reduction, curtailment

小さい

Small, little, tiny

サイズ

Size

種類

Variety, kind, type, category; counter for different sorts of things

食品

Food, food products, foodstuffs

目指す

To aim at, to have an eye on; to go toward, to head for

削減

Cut, reduction, curtailment

食べる

To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

サイズ

Size

ハーフ

half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese), person of mixed parentage

イオン

Ion, electrically-charged atom

恵方

Favourable direction, favorable direction, lucky direction

倍

Twice, double; times, -fold

需要

Demand, request

高まる

To rise, to swell, to be promoted

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

サイズ

Size

ハーフ

half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese), person of mixed parentage

売り上げ

Amount sold, sales, proceeds, takings, turnover

予約

Reservation, appointment, booking, advance order; contract, subscription, pledge

減らす

To abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

量

Quantity, amount, volume, portion (of food)

開始

Start, commencement, beginning, initiation

週間

Week, weekly

方針

Objective, plan, policy

廃棄

Disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition; annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal

店頭

Shopfront, storefront, shopwindow, (near the) shop entrance; over-the-counter

以下

Not exceeding, and downward, ... and below; below (e.g. standard), under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned, the following, the rest

思う

To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember

目標

Mark, objective, target

努める

To endeavor (endeavour), to try, to strive, to make an effort, to exert oneself, to be diligent, to be committed (to doing something)

取り組む

To tackle, to wrestle with, to engage in a bout, to come to grips with, to make effort, to strive for, to deal with

今年

This year

出る

To leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out; to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out; to move forward; to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach; to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display; to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out; to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform; to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised; to sell; to exceed, to go over; to stick out, to protrude; to break out, to occur, to start, to originate; to be produced; to come from, to be derived from; to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get; to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain; to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed; to graduate

半分

Half minute

廃棄

Disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition; annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal

ケーキ

Cake

予約

Reservation, appointment, booking, advance order; contract, subscription, pledge

発表

Announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one''s opinion), releasing, unveiling

広がる

To spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

完全

Perfection, completeness

クリスマス

Christmas

食品

Food, food products, foodstuffs

巡る

To go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

制

System, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment

小売

Retail

削減

Cut, reduction, curtailment

取り組み

Bout (in sports, etc.), match; effort, initiative, dealing with, grappling with, wrestling with

業界

Business world, business circles, (the) industry