How to Say ‘I’ll turn it down.’ in Japanese
小さくします。
chiisaku shi masu
[chee-sah-koo shee]
💬 Usage Tip: [小さくします] literally means "make it small," but with sound, music, or volume it naturally means "turn it down." Japanese often uses [small/big] where English uses [quiet/loud] for volume.
Phrase Breakdown
小さく
chiisaku
[chee-sah-koo]
quietly; smaller (adverb form)
Adverb modifying します. With (音量を) implied, it means “make it quieter/turn it down.”
分かりました。小さくします。
Understood. I’ll turn it down.
します
shi
do; will do (polite)
Polite form of する. Here it means “I’ll do it / I will make it (quieter).”
今、電話します。
I’ll call now.
Words in this phrase
し
shi
[shee]
do (stem of する)
Forms します, the polite verb “do/make.” Here it means “(I) will make it quieter.”
すみません、小さくします。
Sorry, I’ll turn it down.
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