縮む

ちぢむ
chijimu

to shrink, to be contracted

What does 縮む mean?

縮む is a Japanese verb meaning to shrink, to be contracted in English. It is written as 縮む in kanji, ちぢむ in hiragana, and chijimu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

セーターが洗濯でんだ。

My sweater shrank in the wash.

Conjugation of 縮む

AffirmativeNegative
Plain縮むちぢむ縮まないちぢまない
Plain past縮んだちぢんだ縮まなかったちぢまなかった
Polite縮みますちぢみます縮みませんちぢみません
Polite past縮みましたちぢみました縮みませんでしたちぢみませんでした

Other forms

Te-form縮んでちぢんで
Potential縮めるちぢめる
Passive縮まれるちぢまれる
Volitional縮もうちぢもう
Causative縮ませるちぢませる
Conditional縮めばちぢめば

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Transitive partner

縮む (it happens by itself)·縮める (someone does it)

縮む describes something happening by itself. 縮める describes someone doing it to something. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.

Words sharing kanji with 縮む

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