収しゅう縮しゅく

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収縮する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Describes physical reduction in size, volume, or length, as well as economic contraction. Used both as a noun and with する as an intransitive verb.

〈物もの〉が収しゅう縮しゅくするfor something to contract or shrink
冷ひえると金きん属ぞくが収しゅう縮しゅくする。
Metal contracts when it gets cold.
血けっ管かんが収しゅう縮しゅくするfor blood vessels to constrict
寒さむさで血けっ管かんが収しゅう縮しゅくし、血けつ圧あつが上あがった。
The cold caused his blood vessels to constrict and his blood pressure rose.
心しん臓ぞうが収しゅう縮しゅくするfor the heart to contract (beat)
心しん臓ぞうは規き則そく的てきに収しゅう縮しゅくと拡かく張ちょうを繰くり返かえしている。
The heart repeatedly contracts and expands in a regular rhythm.
経けい済ざいが収しゅう縮しゅくするfor the economy to contract
不ふ況きょうで経けい済ざいが収しゅう縮しゅくしている。
The economy is contracting due to the recession.

縮しゅく小しょうN2
縮小 is typically used for deliberately scaling something down, like a plan or budget, while 収縮 describes a natural or physical contraction.
萎い縮しゅく
萎縮 describes shrinking due to atrophy, wilting, or fear, while 収縮 is the neutral term for physical contraction in general.
縮ちぢみN1
縮み is the everyday noun for shrinkage, such as fabric shrinking after washing, while 収縮 is the more formal, scientific term used in physics, biology, or medicine.
緊きん縮しゅく
収縮 is the everyday, general word for physical contraction or shrinking, while 緊縮 sounds more formal and technical for the same kind of tightening.
縮ちぢむN3
収縮する is a more technical/scientific term for contraction (muscles, materials), while 縮む is the everyday word for something getting smaller.

膨ぼう張ちょうN1
膨張 means expansion or swelling, while 収縮 means contraction or shrinking, making them direct opposites.
弛し緩かん
弛緩 refers to relaxation of muscles or tissue, the physiological opposite of 収縮 (contraction).

短たん縮しゅくN1
短縮 means to shorten something in duration or length, whereas 収縮 refers to physical shrinking or contraction in size or volume.
伸しん縮しゅく
収縮 means only contraction (getting smaller/shrinking), whereas 伸縮 covers both expansion and contraction together.

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Compound of 収 (collect, gather) and 縮 (shrink, contract). The combination conveys the idea of drawing together and becoming smaller.