N21377/1725

縮ちぢめる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

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ちぢめる

Meanings

to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle
to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)

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Example sentences

距離きょりを縮ちぢめるために毎日まいにち練習れんしゅうした。

I practiced every day in order to shorten the distance.

工期こうきを縮ちぢめることは難むずかしいと思おもう。

I think it is difficult to shorten the construction period.

寒さむくて体からだを縮ちぢめながら歩あるいた。

It was cold, so I walked while making myself smaller.

このソフトを使つかえばファイルのサイズを縮ちぢめられる。

If you use this software, you can reduce the file size.

両国りょうこく間かんの経済けいざい格差かくさを縮ちぢめるためには、長期的ちょうきてきな政策せいさくが必要ひつようだ。

In order to reduce the economic disparity between the two countries, long-term policies are necessary.

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.)