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縮める

ちぢめる

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ちぢめる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vtto shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
  2. 2.
    v1, vtto crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
  3. 3.
    v1, vtto make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

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N517 strokesGrade 6

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縮めるちぢめる

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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