Results, to wring
- 絞る★【しぼる】搾る☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
- 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 - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
- 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 - Sumo term
ああ、牛の乳はそんなふうに搾るのですか。 Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?
私は5ポンド絞る必要がある。 I need to lose five pounds.
何世紀にも、読み書きに焦点を絞る語学教育である。 For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.
- ひねる☆《捻る・拈る・撚る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
- to puzzle over
- to defeat easily
私は石につまずいて、足首をひねってしまった。 I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.
- 胸を締め付ける【むねをしめつける】胸を締めつける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
- 絞り込む☆【しぼりこむ】絞込む・絞りこむ・しぼり込む・搾り込む・搾りこむ・搾込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to squeeze; to wring out
- to narrow down; to refine
- 絞り上げる【しぼりあげる】搾り上げる・しぼり上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out
- to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from
- to scold; to criticize severely; to lay into
- to train ruthlessly; to give punishing training
- to strain (one's voice)
- to gather up (a curtain)
- 袂を絞る【たもとをしぼる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) [literal]
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