伸縮 (しんしゅく) — expansion and contraction

伸縮 is read しんしゅく and listed as a noun. Meaning: expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 伸縮.

  • 欠伸 あくび yawn
  • 伸し のし stretching
  • 追伸 ついしん postscript
  • 伸び のび growth
  • 急伸 きゅうしん sudden rise (esp. of stock prices)
  • 伸び悩む のびなやむ to be sluggish
  • 縮小 しゅくしょう reduction
  • 圧縮 あっしゅく compression
  • 恐縮 きょうしゅく feeling (much) obliged
  • 凝縮 ぎょうしゅく condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.)
  • 緊縮 きんしゅく tightening
  • 軍縮 ぐんしゅく reduction of armaments