すくめば【竦めば】
sukumeba
1. if/when one bristles; if/when one stands on end
Verb
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1. if/when one bristles; if/when one stands on end
1. to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise)
2. to cower; to shrink in on oneself
1. muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
1. to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
1. to be unable to move while seated (because of fear, surprise, etc.); to freeze in one's seat
1. Stiffening; Standing on end
1. Brace; Stiffen
1. Brace; Tense
1. Shrunk; Startled
1. to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run