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Illustration of 縮む

縮ちぢむ

ちぢむ chijimu Play N2 Godan verb Intransitive

縮んで、長さや大きさが小さくなる。 to shrink; to be contracted

Example 1

セーターは洗あらったら縮ちぢんだんだ。

The sweater shrank in the wash.

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Example 2

セーターが洗濯せんたくで縮ちぢんだ。

My sweater shrank in the wash.

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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
N2

あっしゅく

compression; condensation; pressure

Illustration of 恐縮
N2

きょうしゅく

shame; very kind of you; sorry to trouble

Illustration of 縮める
N2

ちぢめる

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

Illustration of 縮れる
N2

ちぢれる

to be wavy; to be curled

Illustration of 縮小
N2

しゅくしょう

reduction; curtailment