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Illustration of 縮める

縮ちぢめる

ちぢめる chijimeru Play N2 Ichidan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

長さ・時間・期間などを短くする。 to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink

Example 1

すさんだ生活せいかつを送おくるのは、命いのちを縮ちぢめるようなものだ。

Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.

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Example 2

旅行の日程を一日縮めた。

I shortened the trip by one day.

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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
Illustration of 圧縮

圧縮

N2

あっしゅく

compression; condensation; pressure

Illustration of 恐縮

恐縮

N2

きょうしゅく

shame; very kind of you; sorry to trouble

Illustration of 縮む

縮む

N2

ちぢむ

to shrink; to be contracted

Illustration of 縮れる

縮れる

N2

ちぢれる

to be wavy; to be curled

Illustration of 縮小

縮小

N2

しゅくしょう

reduction; curtailment