Illustration: In a compact Japanese bedroom, a traveler pulls a cotton shirt from an overstuffed suitcase and holds it up by the shoulders. Deep irregular creases crisscross the front and sleeves, retaining the shape of its cramped packing.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

しわ

shiwa

wrinkle, crease

Example sentences

  1. この服ふくはすぐしわになる。

    This dress creases easily.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは額ひたいに皺しわを寄よせた。

    She wrinkled her brows.

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  3. 私わたしはズボンのしわをアイロンで伸のばした。

    I ironed out the wrinkles in my pants.

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