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縛る しばる N2

  1. to bind; to fasten; to tie
  2. to fetter; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.)

規則で縛る きそくでしばる

  1. to restrict (a person) by rule

ふん縛る ふんじばる

  1. to arrest; to bind; to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape)

ぎゅうぎゅう ぎゅうぎゅう

  1. creaking; squeaking
  2. cramming; packing in tightly; squeezing
  3. hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly; with force
  4. going hard (on someone); tormenting (e.g. with questions)

雁字搦め がんじがらめ

  1. binding (someone) hand and foot
  2. being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
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