をすくめる【かたをすくめる】

Frequency rank: 3,588. – 3,591.
    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Ichidan verb
  1. to shrug one's shoulders
Forms
  • をすくめる【かたをすくめる】Frequency rank: 3,588. – 3,591.
  • をめる【かたをすくめる】Frequency rank: 4,033. – 4,034.
  • かたをすくめる
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to shrug one's shoulders
    2. This expression is used to describe the action of raising one's shoulders as a gesture of indifference, uncertainty, or lack of knowledge about a situation.
    As for that, I shrugged my shoulders.
    He shrugged his shoulders, unable to answer anything.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to shrug one's shouldersto shrug one's shoulders in doubtthe posture of shrugging one's shouldersto shrug one's shoulders while listening to a storya habit of shrugging one's shouldersto shrug one's shoulders at someone's wordsto shrug one's shoulders in indifferenceto shrug one's shoulders after hearing an explanation
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