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肩をすくめる肩を竦めるかたをすくめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #4088
1

to shrug one's shoulders

すくむ竦むIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #14494
1

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.)

Examples
ヘビを見て足がすくんでしまった。
I froze at the sight of the snake.
2

to cower; to shrink in on oneself

すくめる竦めるTransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #21295
1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

Examples
彼はただ肩をすくめただけだった。
He just shrugged his shoulders.
立ちすくむ立ち竦むたちすくむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #13184
1

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

Examples
落ちはしないかという恐怖で彼は立ちすくんだ。
Fear of falling caused him to freeze.
首をすくめる首を竦めるくびをすくめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #20597
1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

悚然竦然しょうぜん～と AdverbFreq #121865
1

'taru' adjective

terrified; horrified

抱きすくめる抱き竦めるだきすくめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #26044
1

to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

Examples
彼は彼女を抱きすくめた。
He suddenly tightened his arm around her.
足がすくむ足が竦むあしがすくむExpressionGodan verbFreq #28580
1

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

射すくめる射竦めるいすくめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #42885
1

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

すくみ上がる竦み上がるすくみあがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #52366
1

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

三すくみ三竦みさんすくみNounFreq #74592
1

From the snake fearing the slug, the slug the frog, and the frog the snake

three-way deadlock

すくみりんごがい竦林檎貝スクミリンゴガイNounUsually kanaFreq #272069
1

channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata); golden apple snail

居竦まる居すくまるいすくまるIntransitiveGodan verb
1

Rare term

to be unable to move while seated (because of fear, surprise, etc.)

居すくむ居竦むいすくむIntransitiveGodan verb
1

Rare term

to be unable to move while seated (because of fear, surprise, etc.); to freeze in one's seat