縮む
ちぢむ · chijimu
To shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 縮みますちぢみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 縮みませんちぢみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 縮みましたちぢみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 縮みませんでしたちぢみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 縮みましょうちぢみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 縮みちぢみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 縮みたいちぢみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 縮みながらちぢみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 縮んでちぢんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 縮んだちぢんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 縮んだらちぢんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 縮んでいるちぢんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 縮まないちぢまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 縮まなかったちぢまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 縮まなくてちぢまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 縮めるちぢめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 縮めばちぢめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 縮めちぢめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 縮もうちぢもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 縮まれるちぢまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 縮ませるちぢませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 縮まされるちぢまされる |
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What does 縮む mean?
To shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size).
How do you pronounce 縮む?
ちぢむ (chijimu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 縮む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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