萎縮おぞま

おぞま · ozoma

verb 未然形

萎縮 is the negative stem of 萎縮む — withering, shrivelling, shrinking, atrophy, contraction.

Classical Japanese — you’ll mostly meet it in older texts and set phrases

How it’s built

萎縮む萎縮

Negative stem (未然形). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.

萎縮む is a classical japanese conjugation, so it follows that pattern.