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肩かたをすくめる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (1-dan)
1. to shrug one's shoulders
I shrug my shoulders and lightly brush off the remark.
Alt. forms
肩かたをすくめる
66%
肩かたを竦すくめる
33%
Kanji used
肩
shoulder
Top 4500
Conjugations...Used in: 1957
Composed of
shoulder
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
Examples (5 in total)
Tom shrugged.
Shrugging, my senior voiced an unexpected opinion.
After much agonizing, I give a wry smile and a shrug.
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