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    3. 縮まる

    縮まる

    縮ちぢま​る​

    to shorten

    N1KMT10News #46+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ちぢまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    洗せん濯たくでセーターが縮ちぢまってしまった。

    My sweater shrank in the wash.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & Housing
    ゴールまであと少すこし、距きょ離りがどんどん縮ちぢまる。

    Just a little more to the goal, the distance is rapidly shortening.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    両りょう国こくの経けい済ざい格かく差さは徐じょ々じょに縮ちぢまっている。

    The economic disparity between the two countries is gradually narrowing.

    KMT10Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    寒さむさで体からだの感かん覚かくが縮ちぢまるように感かんじた。

    I felt as if my body's senses were shrinking due to the cold.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    締しめ切きりが迫せまり、作さ業ぎょう時じ間かんが縮ちぢまっていく。

    The deadline is approaching, and the working time is shrinking.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    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
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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