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    伸縮

    伸しん縮しゅく

    expansion and contraction

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    しんしゅく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    expansion and contraction, elasticity, flexibility

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    この素そ材ざいは伸しん縮しゅく性せいがあります。

    This material has elasticity.

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    ゴムは伸しん縮しゅくする性せい質しつを持もっている。

    Rubber has the property of expanding and contracting.

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    温おん度ど変へん化かによって、金きん属ぞくは伸しん縮しゅくする。

    Metals expand and contract due to temperature changes.

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    物ぶつ理り学がくでは、物ぶっ質しつの伸しん縮しゅく現げん象しょうを研けん究きゅうする。

    In physics, the phenomenon of material expansion and contraction is studied.

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    伸しん縮しゅく自じ在ざいのホースは、庭にわの水みずやりで非ひ常じょうに便べん利りだ。

    An expandable hose is very convenient for watering the garden.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    伸
    の.びる・の.ばす・の.べる・の.す…(3)
    expand・stretch・extend・lengthen・increase
    縮
    ちぢ.む・ちぢ.まる・ちぢ.める・ちぢ.れる・ちぢ.らす…(1)
    shrink・contract・shrivel・wrinkle・reduce
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