| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 恐縮 | きょうしゅく | shame, very kind of you, sorry to trouble |
| 縮む | ちぢむ | to shrink, to be contracted |
| 縮める | ちぢめる | to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink |
| 縮れる | ちぢれる | to be wavy, to be curled |
| 伸縮 | しんしゅく | expansion and contraction, elasticity, flexibility |
| 凝縮 | ぎょうしゅく | condensation |
| 収縮 | しゅうしゅく | deflation, contraction, shrinking, constriction |
| 圧縮 | あっしゅく | compression, condensation, constriction, compaction |
| 委縮 | いしゅく | withering, atrophy, contraction, dwarf |
| 濃縮 | のうしゅく | concentrated |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく | shortening, abbreviation, reduction |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく | shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう | reduction, curtailment |
| 縮尺 | しゅくしゃく | reduced scale, scaling |
| 軍縮 | ぐんしゅく | disarmament, limitation of arms |