Illustration: In a compact apartment laundry area, an adult lifts a freshly washed wool sweater from a basket and holds it against their torso. Its sleeves now stop near their elbows and its hem reaches only the upper stomach.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

縮ちぢむ

chijimu

to shrink

Example sentences

  1. セーターが洗濯せんたくで縮ちぢんだ。

    My sweater shrank in the wash.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この服ふくは縮ちぢんで、おまけに色褪いろあせてしまった。

    This dress shrank, and what’s more it faded.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしのジーンズは洗あらうと縮ちぢんだ。

    My jeans shrank in the wash.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · 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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