萎い縮しゅく

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

Meanings

General physical shrinking or withering of plants, objects, or body parts; also used figuratively for economic or psychological contraction.

Medical term for the wasting away or decrease in size of a body part or tissue.

〈物もの〉が萎い縮しゅくするfor something (a plant, tissue, etc.) to wither or shrink
寒さむさのせいで植しょく物ぶつが萎い縮しゅくした。
The plants shriveled up because of the cold.
〈人ひと〉が萎い縮しゅくするfor a person to become intimidated or cowed
上じょう司しに怒おこられて、彼かれは萎い縮しゅくしてしまった。
After being scolded by his boss, he became cowed and nervous.
筋きん肉にくが萎い縮しゅくするfor muscles to atrophy
長ちょう期き間かんの入にゅう院いんで筋きん肉にくが萎い縮しゅくしてしまった。
His muscles atrophied from the long hospital stay.
脳のうが萎い縮しゅくするfor the brain to atrophy
検けん査さの結けっ果か、脳のうの一いち部ぶが萎い縮しゅくしていることが分わかった。
The test revealed that part of his brain had atrophied.

収しゅう縮しゅく
収縮 is a neutral term for contraction used in physics, biology or economics, while 萎縮 implies an involuntary, often pathological or fear-driven shrinking.
縮しゅく小しょうN2
縮小 usually describes a deliberate reduction in scale (e.g. a business shrinking its operations), whereas 萎縮 suggests an unwanted, natural or forced withering.
萎なえる sense 1
萎える is a plain verb for wilting or losing vigor (of plants, limbs, or spirit), while 萎縮 is the more formal noun/suru-verb used in medical or figurative contexts.
退たい化かN2
萎縮 refers to the physical shrinking or wasting of a body part, while 退化 covers both physical atrophy and the loss of function more broadly.

拡かく大だいN3sense 1
拡大 means to expand or grow larger, the opposite of 萎縮's sense of shrinking or withering.
肥ひ大だい sense 2
肥大 (hypertrophy) refers to a body part enlarging, the medical opposite of 萎縮 (atrophy), which refers to it wasting away.
胸むねを張はるN2
萎縮する means to shrink back or cower nervously, the opposite of the confident, chest-out posture of 胸を張る.

畏い縮しゅく
萎縮 primarily denotes physical withering or atrophy that can extend to feeling timid, while 畏縮 (same pronunciation) specifically means to cower out of awe or fear.

萎い縮しゅくUsage96%
Standard kanji form; 萎 means 'wither' and 縮 means 'shrink'.
委い縮しゅくUsage3%
Common alternative spelling; 委 is a simplification often used in newspapers.

Compound of 萎 (i, 'wither') and 縮 (shuku, 'shrink'). The kanji 萎 is not commonly used alone; the word is a Sino-Japanese compound.