凝ぎょう縮しゅく

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しゅ

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

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	凝ぎょう縮しゅくする	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしない
Polite	凝ぎょう縮しゅくします	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしません
Past polite	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしました	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしませんでした
Past	凝ぎょう縮しゅくした	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしなかった
Te-form	凝ぎょう縮しゅくして	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしないで
Desire	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしたい	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしたくない
Potential	凝ぎょう縮しゅくできる	凝ぎょう縮しゅくできない
Passive	凝ぎょう縮しゅくされる	凝ぎょう縮しゅくされない
Causative	凝ぎょう縮しゅくさせる	凝ぎょう縮しゅくさせない
Causative passive	凝ぎょう縮しゅくさせられる	凝ぎょう縮しゅくさせられない
Volitional	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしよう
Polite volitional	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしましょう
Imperative	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしろ	凝ぎょう縮しゅくするな
Conditional	凝ぎょう縮しゅくすれば	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしなければ
Tara conditional	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしたら	凝ぎょう縮しゅくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

condensation; concentration

Used for abstract things like ideas, emotions, effort, or essence being condensed into a concentrated form. Often implies intensity or distillation.

この小しょう説せつには作さく者しゃの人じん生せい経けい験けんが凝ぎょう縮しゅくされている。
The author's life experiences are condensed into this novel.
彼かれの言こと葉ばには深ふかい意い味みが凝ぎょう縮しゅくされていた。
His words were packed with deep meaning.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

condensation (physics)

physics

Technical term for the physical process where a vapor or gas turns into liquid. Used in scientific contexts.

水すい蒸じょう気きが冷ひやされて凝ぎょう縮しゅくし、水すい滴てきになる。
Water vapor cools, condenses, and becomes water droplets.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を凝ぎょう縮しゅくするto condense/concentrate something (an experience, feeling, effort, etc.) into a compact form
彼かれの人じん生せいがこの一いっ冊さつの本ほんに凝ぎょう縮しゅくされている。
His whole life is condensed into this one book.
〈物もの〉が凝ぎょう縮しゅくするfor a gas or vapor to condense into a liquid
水すい蒸じょう気きが冷ひえて水すい滴てきに凝ぎょう縮しゅくする。
Water vapor cools and condenses into droplets.
凝ぎょう縮しゅくした〈物もの〉a condensed/concentrated version of something (a story, work, flavor, etc.)
この短たん編ぺんは原げん作さくの魅み力りょくを凝ぎょう縮しゅくした作さく品ひんだ。
This short story is a condensed version that captures the charm of the original.

Kanji

凝congeal, freeze, stiff
縮shrink, contract, shrivel

Transitive / intransitive

凝縮 is used both transitively and intransitively: transitively as in 経験を凝縮する ("to condense one's experiences"), and intransitively as in 水蒸気が凝縮する ("water vapor condenses").

Related words

濃のう縮しゅくN1sense 1
濃縮 refers to concentrating a liquid or solution (like juice or a chemical), while 凝縮 emphasizes a change of state or the densification of something abstract, like emotion or effort.
集しゅう約やく sense 1
集約 means to consolidate or summarize information/ideas into a unified whole, whereas 凝縮 stresses compressing something into a denser, more intense essence.

Opposites

拡かく散さんN1sense 1
拡散 means to spread out or diffuse, the opposite of 凝縮's sense of compressing something into a concentrated form.
蒸じょう発はつN2sense 2
In physics, 蒸発 (evaporation, liquid to gas) is the reverse process of 凝縮 (condensation, gas to liquid).
揮き発はつ
凝縮 is the reverse process of gas turning back into liquid, the opposite of 揮発's vapor formation.

Don't confuse with

凝ぎょう結けつ sense 2
凝結 focuses on coagulation or solidifying into a fixed form (like blood clotting or dew forming), while 凝縮 focuses on the densifying or compressing of substance or essence.
濃のう縮しゅくN1
凝縮 refers to the physical change from gas to liquid (condensation), while 濃縮 refers to increasing the concentration of a solution or substance by removing water or another diluent.
凝こらすN1
凝縮する shares the kanji 凝 with 凝らす but means to condense or compress physically, not to concentrate mental effort or stiffen a body part.

Word family

凝ぎょう縮しゅく熱ねつ
heat of condensation
凝ぎょう縮しゅく物ぶつ
condensate

Etymology

Compound of 凝 (ぎょう, 'to congeal, freeze') and 縮 (しゅく, 'to shrink, contract'). The combination conveys the idea of something shrinking and solidifying into a denser form.