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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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sǒng
    song3
sung
respectful; horrified; to raise (one's shoulders); to stand on tiptoe; to crane

竦む

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 sukumu
    すくむ
(v5m,vi) (1) (kana only) to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); (v5m,vi) (2) (kana only) to cower; to shrink in on oneself

竦然

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sǒng rán
    song3 ran2
sung jan
 shouzen / shozen
    しょうぜん
variant of 悚然[song3 ran2]
(adj-t,adv-to) terrified; horrified

竦める

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 sukumeru
    すくめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

三竦み

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 sansukumi
    さんすくみ
three-way deadlock

高竦樹

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gāo sǒng shù
    gao1 song3 shu4
kao sung shu
palm tree

竦林檎貝

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 sukumiringogai; sukumiringogai
    すくみりんごがい; スクミリンゴガイ
(kana only) channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata); golden apple snail

射竦める

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 isukumeru
    いすくめる
(transitive verb) to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

立ち竦む

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 tachisukumu
    たちすくむ
(v5m,vi) to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

足が竦む

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 ashigasukumu
    あしがすくむ
(exp,v5m) to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

竦みあがる

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 sukumiagaru
    すくみあがる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

竦み上がる

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 sukumiagaru
    すくみあがる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

Variations:
悚然
竦然

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 shouzen / shozen
    しょうぜん
(adj-t,adv-to) (See 慄然) terrified; horrified

抱き竦める

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 dakisukumeru
    だきすくめる
(transitive verb) to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

肩を竦める

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 kataosukumeru
    かたをすくめる
(exp,v1) to shrug one's shoulders

Variations:
三すくみ
三竦み

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 sansukumi
    さんすくみ
(from the snake fearing the slug, the slug the frog, and the frog the snake) three-way deadlock

Variations:
射すくめる
射竦める

see styles
 isukumeru
    いすくめる
(transitive verb) to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

Variations:
立ちすくむ
立ち竦む

see styles
 tachisukumu
    たちすくむ
(v5m,vi) to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

Variations:
足がすくむ
足が竦む

see styles
 ashigasukumu
    あしがすくむ
(exp,v5m) to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

Variations:
抱きすくめる
抱き竦める

see styles
 dakisukumeru
    だきすくめる
(transitive verb) to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

Variations:
肩をすくめる
肩を竦める

see styles
 kataosukumeru
    かたをすくめる
(exp,v1) to shrug one's shoulders

Variations:
首をすくめる
首を竦める

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 kubiosukumeru
    くびをすくめる
(exp,v1) (See 竦める・すくめる) to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

Variations:
すくみ上がる
竦み上がる
竦みあがる

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 sukumiagaru
    すくみあがる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
This page contains 23 results for "竦" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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