縮める

ちぢめる

[chidimeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink

2.IchidanTransitive

to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle

3.IchidanTransitive

to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

距離を縮めるために努力を続けていくつもりだ。

I intend to keep making efforts to close the gap.

文章を縮めて要点だけをまとめてほしいと言われた。

I was asked to shorten the text and summarize only the key points.

首を縮めて風をよけながら歩いていたよ。

I was walking while hunching my shoulders to avoid the wind.