feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful

Oft. before a request, as 恐縮ですが

feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.)

Archaic

shrinking back in fear

to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink

to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle

to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

compression

condensing; shortening; summarizing

Computing

compression (of data)

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

withering; shrivelling; shrinking

Medicine

contraction; atrophy

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration

Physics

condensation (of a vapour or gas)