緊縮 きんしゅく tightening #8,886 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive, intransitive tightening; shrinkage; contraction; constriction noun, takes する, transitive (economic) curtailment; retrenchment; austerity; cutting down (on spending) Its kanji 緊 キン · し.める、し.まる tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight 縮 シュク · ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce