JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
縮める
To shorten, reduce, or condense length, distance, or duration.
Readings
Other forms
縮めます polite form
縮めて te-form
縮めた plain past
縮められる potential
縮む intransitive counterpart, "to shrink"
1 Transitive Verb (Ichidan)
To shorten, reduce, or condense
Describes the intentional act of reducing length, distance, duration, or size.
Example
この スピーチ は 長すぎる ので 、 もう 少し 縮めて ください 。
This speech is too long, so please shorten it a little more.
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2 Transitive Verb (Ichidan)
To curl up or cower
Describes drawing in the limbs and hunching the body to occupy less space.
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