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    3. 収縮

    収縮

    収しゅう縮しゅく

    contraction

    KMT8News #24+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab21 strokes

    しゅうしゅく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    contraction, shrinking, shrinkage, constriction, deflation

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    寒さむいと血けっ管かんが収しゅう縮しゅくする。

    Blood vessels constrict when it's cold.

    KMT7Science & MathMedicine & Health
    ゴムは引ひっ張ぱると伸のび、力ちからを緩ゆるめると収しゅう縮しゅくする。

    Rubber stretches when pulled and contracts when released.

    KMT8Science & Math
    心しん臓ぞうの収しゅう縮しゅくと拡かく張ちょうが血けつ液えきを全ぜん身しんに送おくる。

    The contraction and expansion of the heart send blood throughout the body.

    KMT8Science & MathMedicine & Health
    温おん度どが下さがると、金きん属ぞくはわずかに収しゅう縮しゅくする。

    When the temperature drops, metal contracts slightly.

    KMT8Science & Math
    経けい済ざいの収しゅう縮しゅくは、失しつ業ぎょう率りつの増ぞう加かにつながる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Economic contraction can lead to an increase in unemployment rates.

    KMT9Business & FinanceScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    収
    おさ.める・おさ.まる…(2)
    income・obtain・reap・pay・supply…(1)
    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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