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縮める

ちぢめる

to shorten

N2Ichidan VerbFreq. #10000

Meanings

1to shorten
2to reduce
3to condense
4to shrink
5to crumple (fabric)
6to wrinkle
7to make (one's body) smaller
8to draw in (one's legs)
9to duck (one's head)

Conjugations

Form	Japanese
Polite (ます)	ちぢめます
て-form	ちぢめて
Past (casual)	ちぢめた
Past (polite)	ちぢめました
Negative (casual)	ちぢめない
Negative (polite)	ちぢめません

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Grammar

〜てte-form (connecting)〜ますpolite verb ending 〜でしたwas (polite past)〜ができますcan do ~受身形passive (be done to)

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