Illustration: Beside a washing machine in an apartment laundry area, a man holds a freshly washed wool sweater against his torso. Its neck reaches his collar, but its hem barely reaches his ribs and its sleeves stop far above his wrists.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

縮ちぢまる

chijimaru

to shrink, to shorten

Example sentences

  1. 寿命じゅみょうが縮ちぢまった

    Shortened life span

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 一緒いっしょにできる活動かつどうやイベントに誘さそうことで、自然しぜんに距離きょりが縮ちぢまりやすくなる。

    Inviting someone to activities or events you can do together makes it easier to grow closer naturally.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. これにより、例たとえば400ｍは予選競技会時よせんきょうぎかいじの59秒びょう30が50秒台びょうだいにまで縮ちぢまった。

    As a result, for example, the 400-meter time dropped from 59.30 seconds at the qualifying meet to the 50-second range.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 縮

  • 縮shrink; contractOnシュクKunちぢむ・ちぢまる・ちぢめる

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