縮める

Japanese

縮める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ちぢめる, rōmaji chijimeru)

shorten, shrink
工 (こう)事 (じ)区 (く)間 (かん)を150キロメートルに縮 (ちぢ)める
kōji kukan o 150 kiromētoru ni chijimeru
to shorten the construction zone to 150 km

Conjugation of "縮める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	縮め	ちぢめ	chijime
Continuative (連用形)	縮め	ちぢめ	chijime
Terminal (終止形)	縮める	ちぢめる	chijimeru
Attributive (連体形)	縮める	ちぢめる	chijimeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	縮めれ	ちぢめれ	chijimere
Imperative (命令形)	縮めよ¹ 縮めろ²	ちぢめよ¹ ちぢめろ²	chijimeyo¹ chijimero²
Key constructions
Passive	縮められる	ちぢめられる	chijimerareru
Causative	縮めさせる縮めさす	ちぢめさせるちぢめさす	chijimesaseru chijimesasu
Potential	縮められる縮めれる³	ちぢめられるちぢめれる³	chijimerareru chijimereru³
Volitional	縮めよう	ちぢめよう	chijimeyō
Negative	縮めない縮めぬ縮めん	ちぢめないちぢめぬちぢめん	chijimenai chijimenu chijimen
Negative continuative	縮めず	ちぢめず	chijimezu
Formal	縮めます	ちぢめます	chijimemasu
Perfective	縮めた	ちぢめた	chijimeta
Conjunctive	縮めて	ちぢめて	chijimete
Hypothetical conditional	縮めれば	ちぢめれば	chijimereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

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