すぼめる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of すぼめる – see the following entry.

[verb] to make something become tapered, pulled together, scrunched up:

[verb] to shut or fold (an umbrella)

[verb] to shrug (one's shoulders)

[verb] to pucker or purse (one's lips)

(This term, すぼめる (subomeru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)