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縮れる (ちぢれる): to be wavy, to be curled — Japanese vocabulary

縮れる is read ちぢれる and means "to be wavy, to be curled". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

縮れる

Reading
ちぢれる · chijireru
Translation
to be wavy, to be curled
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ちぢれるが

Example

パーマをかけたので、髪の毛が縮れています。

パーマをかけたので、かみのけがちぢれています。

Now I have curly hair, because I had a perm.

Kanji in this word

  • 縮 — shrink, reduce

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