N21305/1725

しゃがむ

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

Meanings

to squat, to crouch

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Example sentences

子供こどもの目線めせんに合あわせるためにしゃがんだ。

I squatted down to match the child's eye level.

腰こしが痛いたいのでしゃがむことができない。

I can't crouch because my back hurts.

彼女かのじょは花壇かだんの前まえにしゃがんで花はなの写真しゃしんを撮とっていた。

She was crouching in front of the flower bed, taking photos of the flowers.

警察官けいさつかんは証拠しょうこを調しらべるために地面じめんにしゃがみ込こんだ。

The police officer crouched down on the ground to examine the evidence.

長時間ちょうじかんしゃがんでいたため、立たち上あがった瞬間しゅんかんに足あしがしびれた。

Because I had been crouching for a long time, my legs went numb the moment I stood up.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)