縮める (ちぢめる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

縮める (ちぢめる) means to shorten / to reduce / to shrink.

See example sentences below.

縮める at a glance

縮める

ちぢめるchijimeru

N2verb

to shorten / to reduce / to shrink

縮めるちぢめるchijimeruN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to shorten / to reduce / to shrink

Example 1

時間を縮めて仕事を終えた。

Translation

I shortened the time and finished the work.

Example 2

洗濯で服が縮んだ。

Translation

The clothes shrank in the wash.