Results, to wring

しぼるshiboru 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aaushinochichihaそんなふうにsonnafuuni搾るshiboruのですnodesuka Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?

watashihaポンドPONDO絞るshiboru必要hitsuyougaあるaru I need to lose five pounds.

nani世紀seikinimo読み書きyomikakini焦点shoutenwo絞るshiboru語学gogaku教育kyouikudeあるaru For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.

ひねるhineru 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

watashihaishiniつまずいてtsumazuite足首ashikubiwoひねってhinetteしまったshimatta I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.

ねじとるnejitoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to wring off; to wrest from
くびをしめるkubiwoshimeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to wring the neck; to strangle
むねをしめつけるmunewoshimetsukeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
しぼりこむshiborikomu Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to squeeze; to wring out
  • to narrow down; to refine
しぼりあげるshiboriageru 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)
しぼりだすshiboridasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to squeeze out; to wring out
たもとをしぼるtamotowoshiboru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) [literal]
わなくwanaku

yodan ~く verb (archaic):

  • to hang oneself; to strangle oneself - archaism
  • to wring the neck; to strangle - archaism
しぼりとるshiboritoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone)
  • to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

Kanji

ジンJINニンNINひとhito~り ri~と to

person

ジュウJUUジッJIジュッJUとおtooto

ten


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