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縮ちぢまる

ちぢまる chijimaru Play N1 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

短くなる。長さや時間などが縮まる。 to be shortened; to be contracted; to shrink

Example 1

洗濯したセーターが縮まってしまった。

The sweater shrank after being washed.

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Example 2

会議の時間が少し縮まった。

The meeting time was shortened a little.

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Kanji breakdown

縮

N1

shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce

On reading
シュク
Kun reading
ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす
Radical
糸
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短縮

N1

たんしゅく

shortening; abbreviation; reduction

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圧縮

N2

あっしゅく

compression; condensation; pressure

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恐縮

N2

きょうしゅく

shame; very kind of you; sorry to trouble

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縮む

N2

ちぢむ

to shrink; to be contracted

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縮める

N2

ちぢめる

to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink