N2536/1725

絞しぼる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbsumousually written using kana alonego (game)

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しぼる

Meanings

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

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Example sentences

濡ぬれたタオルをしっかり絞しぼってから干ほしてください。

Please wring out the wet towel well before hanging it up to dry.

レモンを絞しぼってジュースを作つくった。

I squeezed lemons to make juice.

候補者こうほしゃを三人さんにんに絞しぼることにした。

We decided to narrow down the candidates to three people.

上司じょうしに大声おおごえで絞しぼられて、彼かれはひどく落おち込こんだ。

He was severely scolded by his boss and felt terribly depressed.

カメラのレンズを絞しぼることで、被写界深度ひしゃかいしんどを深ふかくすることができる。

By stopping down the camera lens, you can increase the depth of field.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)