ほそめる
Verb, Transitive
1.
to make narrow
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彼女は目を細めて、遠くを見た。
She narrowed her eyes and looked into the distance.
彼女は口を細めて、不満を表した。
She narrowed her mouth to express dissatisfaction.
強い日差しに、彼は思わず目を細めた。
He involuntarily narrowed his eyes in the strong sunlight.
彼は不審そうに眉を細め、相手の言葉を吟味した。
He narrowed his eyebrows suspiciously and scrutinized the other person's words.
この絵の線は、もっと細めて描いた方が繊細に見えるだろう。
The lines in this painting would look more delicate if they were drawn narrower.
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