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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

萎い縮しゅく

ishuku

to shrink back, to wither

Can describe a person becoming timid. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. こういった事情じじょうはクオリティ・オブ・ライフにも絡からみ、当人とうにんが羞恥心しゅうちしんと感かんじて萎縮いしゅくしてしまったり、あるいは周囲しゅういからあらぬ非難ひなんを被こうむるといった問題もんだいは解決かいけつされるべきだと考かんがえられる。

    These situations are also related to the quality of life, and the problems that the person is overwhelmed with shame and daunted or gets a bad rap from his or her environment should be solved.

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

  2. 厳きびしい指導しどうは、子こどもの萎縮いしゅくを招まねくことがある。

    Harsh instruction can make children withdraw.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 長ながい入院にゅういんで、足あしの筋肉きんにくに萎縮いしゅくが見みられた。

    After a long hospital stay, the leg muscles showed signs of wasting.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 萎縮

  • 萎wither; droopOnイKunな・しおれる・しなびる
  • 縮shrink; contractOnシュクKunちぢむ・ちぢまる・ちぢめる

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