Small Scale
noun, な adjective
規模 is "scale." This is a small one, making this small scale.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
うちの会社のプロジェクトチームは小回りが効くように、小規模化されているんです。
Our company's project teams are small in scale to enhance their agility.
スモールビジネスは小規模で事業を行うので、少ない初期費用で始められることが多いです。
Small businesses often require fewer initial costs because they operate on a small scale.
これは小規模な言語モデル(SLM)なので消費電力が小さく、演算能力の小さなCPUやGPUでも実行できるんです。
This is a small-scale language model (SLM), so it consumes minimal power and can be run on low-capacity CPUs or GPUs.
私達はみんな、啓介に小規模農場なんて始めない方がいいと警告したんです。
We all warned Keisuke against starting a small scale farm.