縮める

Reading

Kana: ちぢめる
Romaji: chijimeru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v1
vt
1

to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink

Kanji

Readings: シュク、 ちぢ.む、 ちぢ.まる、 ちぢ.める、 ちぢ.れる、 ちぢ.らす
Meanings: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

Example Sentence

すさんだ生活(せいかつ)(おく)るのは、(いのち)(ちぢ)めるようなものだ。
➥Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.
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