すくむ – Vocabulary details

すくむ

Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

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

2. to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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

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

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

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