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縮める ちぢめる N2

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

首を縮める くびをちぢめる

  1. to duck one's head

押し縮める おしちぢめる

  1. to collapse; to squeeze

命を縮める いのちをちぢめる

  1. to shorten one's life

寿命を縮める じゅみょうをちぢめる

  1. to shorten one's life
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