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絞る しぼる N2

  1. to squeeze; to wring (towel, rag)
  2. to express milk; to extract; to milk; to press; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice)
  3. to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
  4. to exploit; to extort
  5. to chew out; to give a sound scolding; to rake over the coals; to rebuke; to reprimand severely; to scold; to tell someone off
  6. to drill into; to train
  7. to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
  8. to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
  9. to stop down (lens)
  10. to turn down (e.g. radio)
  11. to bend (bow); to draw
  12. to constrict; to hold down; to immobilize
  13. to squeeze

引き絞る ひきしぼる

  1. to draw (a bow) to the limit
  2. to clasp; to pull tight; to squeeze tight
  3. to strain (voice)

知恵を絞る ちえをしぼる

  1. to rack one's brain

脳みそを絞る のうみそをしぼる

  1. to rack one's brains

油を絞る あぶらをしぼる

  1. to chew out; to give a sound scolding; to press oil; to rake over the coals; to rebuke; to reprimand severely; to scold; to tell someone off

振り絞る ふりしぼる

  1. to exert fully; to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to strain (one's voice); to summon all of; to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.)

液を絞る えきをしぼる

  1. to squeeze the juice (from)

的を絞る まとをしぼる

  1. to focus; to home in; to narrow in (on); to target

袂を絞る たもとをしぼる

  1. to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)

焦点を絞る しょうてんをしぼる

  1. to concentrate (on); to focus attention (on); to narrow the focus; to zero in
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