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しぼ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.), to wilt, to droop, to shrivel, to fade (away), to sag, to deflate

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Example sentences

風船ふうせんしぼんでしまった。

The balloon has deflated.

あめつづいて、にわはなしぼんだ

With the rain continuing, the flowers in the garden wilted.

彼女かのじょゆめ失敗しっぱいかさねるうちにすこしずつしぼんでいった

Her dreams gradually faded away as she kept experiencing failures.

プロジェクトへの期待きたいしぼまないよう、チーム全員ぜんいん努力どりょくした。

The entire team worked hard so that expectations for the project would not deflate.

景気けいき悪化あっかとともに、新興しんこう企業きぎょうへの投資とうし意欲いよくしぼんでいく一方いっぽうだ。

Along with the economic downturn, the enthusiasm for investing in emerging companies is doing nothing but fading away.