He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.tatoeba
日曜日は日曜と短縮する。
We abbreviate Sunday to Sun.tatoeba
多くの国において軍備縮小は実際には難しい。
Disarmament is in practice difficult in many countries.tatoeba
多くの会社が人員を最低限にまで縮小した。
A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.tatoeba
Real voices: how native speakers say it
These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
日の光で熱くなっていて、座るとお尻がギュッと縮んだ
にちのひかりであつくなっていて、すわるとおしりがぎゅっとちぢんだIt was hot from the sun, and when I sat down I flinched.
お忙しいところ恐縮ですが
おいそがしいところきょうしゅくですがSorry to bother you when you're busy.
世間の評判を気にしすぎで業界が萎縮している
せけんのひょうばんをきにしすぎでぎょうかいがいしゅくしているThe industry has grown timid, worrying too much about its reputation.