Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a cook lifts a forgotten cucumber from a vegetable basket. Its skin has deep wrinkles, and its formerly firm body droops over two fingers like a soft rope. A fresh cucumber beside the basket remains smooth and straight, making the loss of firmness unmistakable.

しなびる

shinabiru

to shrivel, to wilt

Example sentences

冷蔵庫れいぞうこのきゅうりがしなびていた。
The cucumber in the fridge had shriveled.
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水みずをやり忘わすれて、花はながしなびた。
I forgot to water the flowers, and they wilted.
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この葉はは水みずをやらないとすぐしなびる。
These leaves wilt quickly if you don’t water them.
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