蹲る

うずくまる
to crouch
to squat
to cower

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うずくまる【蹲る】

crouch [squat, hunch] (down); curl (oneself) into a ball; cower; fall in a heap; hunker down.

●物陰にうずくまる crouch in the shadows.

●猫がこたつの上でうずくまっていた. The cat was curled into a ball on top of the kotatsu.

・激しい揺れに, 道を歩いていた人たちはその場にうずくまった. Those walking along the road crouched down where they were as the earth began to quake powerfully.

・突然, 彼はおなかを押さえてうずくまるようにして倒れた. Suddenly, he clutched his abdomen and collapsed in a heap.