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縮める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
縮める
BOOST
Reading : ちぢめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink
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縮める is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 71,000 (about 4,430,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4227 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
すさんだ
せいかつ
生活
おく
いのち
ちぢ
める
ようなもの
Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.
ちぢめる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,720,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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シュク   ちぢ to shrink, be diminished   ちぢまる to be shortened   ちぢめる to abridge   ちぢらす to crinkle, crimp   ちぢれる to be frizzled, curly   
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宿
シュク   inn   やど an inn   やど to lodge   やど to give lodgings   
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one hundred men
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
roof   
シ   いと thread   
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