Illustration: Just inside an apartment entrance during humid rain, a person lowers their wet hood and discovers that loose strands around their forehead and ears have become tightly kinked and frizzy.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

縮ちぢれる

chijireru

to curl, to become frizzy

Example sentences

  1. パーマをかけたので、髪かみの毛けが縮ちぢれています。

    Now I have curly hair, because I had a perm.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、京都きょうとのラーメン店てんでは珍めずらしく麺めんは縮ちぢれ麺めんを使つかう。

    Curly noodles are used, and is rare among ramen stores in Kyoto.

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

  3. 品種ひんしゅによっては葉はが縮ちぢれる場合ばあいもある。

    Depending on the variety, the leaves may also curl.

    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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