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Keyword
shrink
Info
Frequency
Top 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade)
?
Kanken
Level 5
Heisig
1434
Readings
しゅく
(55%)
ちぢ
(36%)
ちじ
(6%)
ちぢみ
ちり
ぢり
Composed of
糸
thread
宿
place to sleep
Used in vocabulary (222 in total)
恐
きょう
縮
しゅく
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error);
(arch.)
shrinking back in fear
縮
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)
短
たん
縮
しゅく
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
219 more...
Examples (42 in total)
お
褒
ほ
め
頂
いただ
いて、
恐
きょう
縮
しゅく
ですわ。
I am humbled by your praise.
お
願
ねが
いするのは
恐
きょう
縮
しゅく
なのですが。
I am sorry to trouble you, but...
わざわざお
運
はこ
びいただき、
恐
きょう
縮
しゅく
の
限
かぎ
りです。
I am deeply grateful that you took the trouble to come.
39 more...