縮
Readings
- On'yomi 音読み
- シュク
- Kun'yomi 訓読み
- ちぢ.むちぢ.まるちぢ.めるちぢ.れるちぢ.らす
Example words & Vocabulary
縮小しゅくしょう
reduction,curtailment
短縮たんしゅく
shortening, abbreviation, reduction
圧縮あっしゅく
compression,condensation,pressure
恐縮きょうしゅく
shame,very kind of you,sorry to trouble
縮むちぢむ
to shrink,to be contracted
縮まるちぢまる
to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink
縮めるちぢめる
to shorten,to reduce,to boil down,to shrink
縮れるちぢれる
to be wavy,to be curled
縮みちぢみ
shrinkage
濃縮のうしゅく
concentration
軍縮ぐんしゅく
reduction of armaments
Example sentences 3
命が縮む思いをした。
I felt as if my life had been shortened.
セーターが洗濯で縮んだ。
My sweater shrank in the wash.
迷惑をお掛けして恐縮です
I am very sorry to have troubled you.