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Keyword
shrink
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1434
Readings
ちぢ
(36%)
ちじ
(6%)
Composed of
糸
thread
宿
place to sleep
Used in vocabulary (222 in total)
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
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Examples (42 in total)
I am humbled by your praise.
I am sorry to trouble you, but...
I am deeply grateful that you took the trouble to come.
Feeling very obliged, I thanked the two of them.
I'm truly grateful to have been invited as well!
I need to close the distance more.
Ellen shrank back but did not say no.
So you want to get closer as friends, I take it.
It might be an opportunity to close the distance with them.
Is there no way to shorten it?
The young doctor drooped and shrank back even more.
Oh, why is it shrinking?
I feel a sensation like my chest tightening at that expression.
For some reason, my height is shrinking.
I am sorry to trouble you, but I would like to ask you something.
The distance shrinks before one's eyes.
The distance between the two narrows further.
The pressure of the voices raised by the crowd makes me shrink.
The distance between them gradually narrows.
The distance between our hearts narrowed.
Well, if time can be shortened, that is welcome.
It will save time!!
If one could fly through the sky, it would result in a considerable reduction in time.
A noise that made everyone shrink their shoulders and turn that way.
It seems that a budget cut has been decided.
Sales began to decline in the third year, and production was scaled down.
The investigation in the Tokyo area also seems likely to be scaled down.
The two involuntarily shrank back.
I'm sorry to have taken up your valuable time.
My jeans shrank in the wash.
My sweater shrank in the wash.
A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.
Metal contracts when cooled.
I am very sorry, but I must cancel our appointment for February 27.
This swimming suit is made of elastic material.
I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.
They are demanding shorter working hours.
We hope to come to an accord with them about arms reduction.
Disarmament is sure to make for peace.
Cream is a white and light yellow liquid composed of concentrated proteins and fat.
Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.
The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.