縮ちぢまる

ちぢまる chijimaru

to be shortened
to be contracted
to shrink

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

缩短；缩小

Examples

二人の距離が縮まった。
The distance between them narrowed.
两人的距离缩短了。
洗濯で服が縮まった。
The clothes shrank in the wash.
洗后衣服缩小了。

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c59f528609'); // 縮まる

{
  "id": "c59f528609",
  "word": "縮まる",
  "reading": "ちぢまる",
  "romaji": "chijimaru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be shortened",
    "to be contracted",
    "to shrink"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1337540,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "二人の距離が縮まった。",
      "en": "The distance between them narrowed."
    },
    {
      "ja": "洗濯で服が縮まった。",
      "en": "The clothes shrank in the wash."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a349a5e0fa840ad03c8b48cf5193600ab9c11859a63b8d0a57f32ee7e0505a0e",
    "meanings": [
      "缩短",
      "缩小"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "二人の距離が縮まった。",
        "zh": "两人的距离缩短了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "洗濯で服が縮まった。",
        "zh": "洗后衣服缩小了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/c59f528609",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1337540; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e8f2311188a75945ff6c26b7ebd32325fdcc3d604f2f561efa1d6a95267e64cb"
  }
}