表層形
縮めよ
チジメヨ
動詞
縮めよ (チジメヨ)
Chijimeyo · ちじめよ — to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink; to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
Other ways to say “to shorten” in Japanese →
縮めよ in rōmaji: chijimeyo.
動詞
一般
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📝 縮める 🔤 下一段-マ行 📐 命令形
Updated: 2026年8月14日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
縮めよ
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
縮める
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| 読み (Reading) |
チジメヨ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-マ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
命令形
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
縮めよ
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| 読み・基本形 |
チジメル
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| 表記・基本形 |
縮める
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| 見出し語の読み |
チヂメル
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💡 English Meaning
縮めよ means “to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink; to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)” — full definition & examples →
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チジメヨ
Lemma: 縮める
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
縮めます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
縮めて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
縮めた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
縮めない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
縮めましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
縮められる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
縮められる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
縮めさせる
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The surface form (縮めよ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (縮める) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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