- 竦める
- すくめる
to shrug (shoulders)
to duck (head)
to draw back (body)* * *すくめる【竦める】duck 《one's head》; shrug 《one's shoulders》.●体をすくめる shrink [recoil, flinch, draw back] 《from…》
・肩をすくめただけで何も言わずに立ち去った. She only shrugged and went away without saying anything.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.