絞

コウ

しぼ.る • し.める • し.まる

strangle; constrict; wring

絞る

しぼる

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze v5r vt
to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk v5r vt
to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) v5r vt
to extort; to exploit v5r vt
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke v5r vt
to drill into; to train v5r vt
to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down v5r vt
to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring) v5r vt
to stop down (lens) v5r vt
to turn down (e.g. radio) v5r vt
to bend (bow); to draw v5r vt
to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize v5r vt sumo

こう

ないちえをしぼる

to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain exp v5r

じこうし

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