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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 縮める

    縮める

    縮ちぢめ​る​

    to shorten

    N2KMT8CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ちぢめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
    2.
    to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle
    3.
    to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)

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    スカートの丈たけを縮ちぢめる。

    I will shorten the skirt length.

    KMT7Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    彼かれはゴールとの距きょ離りを一いっ気きに縮ちぢめた。

    He quickly closed the distance to the goal.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    寒さむいので、体からだを縮ちぢめて歩あるいた。

    It was cold, so I walked hunched over.

    KMT8Daily Life
    文ぶん章しょうを要よう約やくして、内ない容ようを縮ちぢめる。

    Summarize the text and condense the content.

    KMT8EducationDaily Life
    会かい議ぎの時じ間かんを縮ちぢめるために、事じ前ぜんに資し料りょうを共きょう有ゆうした。

    To shorten the meeting time, we shared materials in advance.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily 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
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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