縮ちぢめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
I need to close the distance more.
2. to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
3. to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)
Ellen shrank back but did not say no.
Kanji used
shrink
Pitch accent
ち
ぢめる
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
Examples (8 in total)
Is there no way to shorten it?
I need to close the distance more.
The two involuntarily shrank back.
So you want to get closer as friends, I take it.
Ellen shrank back but did not say no.
It might be an opportunity to close the distance with them.
The young doctor drooped and shrank back even more.
A noise that made everyone shrink their shoulders and turn that way.