縮める

ちぢめる

to shorten

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Also a form of

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, transitive to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
  2. to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
  3. to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

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