contract / shrink

(string) + 宿 (lodge at) Same-ON
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17 strokes

Onyomi

SHUKU

SHOES COULD shrink if you wash 'em in hot water.

Mnemonic

I'll tie a string around the hotel you're lodging at, and pull the string until the hotel shrinks to a meter wide!!! (FYI - I am a somewhat deluded super-villain)

Kunyomi

( ) ちぢ*まる contract (lips pucker, the sphincter contracts, the circle closes in around the hunted man)
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( ) ちぢ*む to shrink , shrivel (shirts shrink in the laundry, dicks shrivel in cold water)
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Jukugo

縮小(しゅくしょう) する

cut back ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
(contract / shrink) + (small size) = 縮小 (cut back)

to reduce, cut back on something. (business word)

Synonyms

cut down on, reduce
減る    控える    縮小