Illustration: On a residential lane after rain, an adult squats beside a tiny frog near a roadside planter. Both feet stay planted, knees bend deeply, and the hips rest low near the heels, with neither knee touching the ground.

しゃがむ

shagamu

to squat, to crouch

Example sentences

少すこし離はなれて見みると、その岩いわは人ひとがしゃがんだ姿すがたに見みえる。
Seen at a distance, the rock looks like a squatting human figure.
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彼かれは靴紐くつひもを結むすぶためにしゃがんだ。
He bent down to tie his shoe.
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トムは靴紐くつひもを結むすぶためにしゃがんだ。
Tom bent down to tie his shoe.
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