真綿で首を絞める
まわたでくびをしめる
- to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) exp v1
Kanji
真
シン
ま • ま- • まこと
true; reality; Buddhist sect
綿
メン
わた
cotton
首
シュ
くび
neck; counter for songs and poems
絞
コウ
しぼ.る • し.める • し.まる
strangle; constrict; wring