Moto 縮める (ちぢめる)to shorten; to reduce; to condense
- to shorten; to reduce; to condenseIchidan verb, transitive verb
- to crumple (fabric); to wrinkleIchidan verb, transitive verb
- to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)Ichidan verb, transitive verb
Kanji in 縮める
Words that share its kanji
- 軍縮ぐんしゅくreduction of armaments; disarmament
- 縮小しゅくしょうreduction; curtailment
- 短縮たんしゅくshortening; contraction
- 圧縮あっしゅくcompression; condensation
- 濃縮のうしゅくconcentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment
- 緊縮きんしゅくshrinkage; contraction
- 委縮いしゅくwithering; shrivelling
- 凝縮ぎょうしゅくcondensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.)
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