絞る
しぼる ・ shiboru
Pitch accent
絞る
〜ます形
〜て形
〜た形
〜ない形
〜なかった形
〜ば形
使役形
受身形
命令形
可能形
〜う形
Meaning
- 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
Examples
- バルブを絞る
バルブをしぼる
Restrict the valve - 私は勇気を振り絞る。
わたしはゆうきをふりしぼる。
I mustered up my courage.