縮れる|ちぢれるchijireru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
    パーマをかけたので、髪の毛かみのけが縮ちぢれています。↗
    Now I have curly hair, because I had a perm.
Conjugation
Dictionary form縮れる(ちぢれる)
Polite (masu)縮れます(ちぢれます)
Negative (nai)縮れない(ちぢれない)
polite (masen)縮れません(ちぢれません)
classical zu / nu縮れず・縮れぬ(ちぢれず・ちぢれぬ)
Past (ta)縮れた(ちぢれた)
polite (mashita)縮れました(ちぢれました)
Past negative (nakatta)縮れなかった(ちぢれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)縮れませんでした(ちぢれませんでした)
Te form縮れて(ちぢれて)
Potential縮れられる(ちぢれられる)
Passive縮れられる(ちぢれられる)
Causative縮れさせる(ちぢれさせる)
Causative passive縮れさせられる(ちぢれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)縮れれば(ちぢれれば)
tara縮れたら(ちぢれたら)
Volitional縮れよう(ちぢれよう)
polite (mashou)縮れましょう(ちぢれましょう)
Imperative縮れろ(ちぢれろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymカールNeutralLoanword for curls or curling the hair, as in 「カールした髪」; common in hairdressing and styling, while 「縮れる」 covers fine waviness and crinkling more generally.
  • Related縮らすちぢらすNeutralTransitive: to curl or crimp something, as in 「髪を縮らす」. Rarely used.
  • Related縮らせるちぢらせるNeutralTransitive too: to curl or crimp; synonymous with 「縮らす」 and equally rare.
  • Antonym伸びるのびるNeutralAntonym: to straighten out or lengthen, the opposite of the curling 「縮れる」 describes.

Use 「縮れる」 for hair or fabric curling or crinkling, as in 「縮れた毛」. For deliberately styling hair into curls, 「カール」 is the usual word; to curl something, use the transitive 「縮らす」 or 「縮らせる」. 「伸びる」 is the opposite: straightening or lengthening.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 皺しわが寄よったりよれたりすること。
  2. 細ほそいものが細こまかく波なみを打うったり、巻まいたりした状態じょうたいとなる。
Kanji in this word

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