Translation guide
The English verb 'constrict' means to make something narrower, tighter, or more restricted. This guide covers physical narrowing, squeezing, and metaphorical restriction.
To make a passage, opening, or object narrower or tighter, often by squeezing or compressing.
General term for tightening or constricting something, like a belt, a grip, or a feeling of pressure.
彼はネクタイをきつく締め付けた。
He constricted his tie tightly.
蛇が獲物を締め付ける。
The snake constricts its prey.
To cause something to contract or shrink, often used for muscles, blood vessels, or materials.
寒さで血管が収縮する。
Blood vessels constrict in the cold.
To narrow or make something narrower, such as a gap, range, or passage.
道を狭める工事が行われている。
Construction is constricting the road.
To apply pressure or compress, often used for physical compression or oppressive forces.
腫瘍が神経を圧迫している。
The tumor is constricting the nerve.
To metaphorically narrow or limit options, actions, or development.
To restrict or limit something, such as freedom, spending, or activities.
新しい規則が私たちの自由を制限している。
The new rules are constricting our freedom.
To bind or fetter, often used for emotional or social constraints.
伝統が彼の行動を束縛している。
Tradition constricts his actions.
Also used metaphorically for oppressive restrictions, like a tightening grip on finances or emotions.
To describe a sensation of tightness, often in the chest or throat, due to emotion or physical reaction.
Idiomatic expression for a constricting feeling in the chest, often from sadness or anxiety.
その話を聞いて胸が締め付けられた。
My chest constricted when I heard that story.
Feeling of a tight throat, often when holding back tears or fear.
緊張で喉が締め付けられる感じがした。
I felt my throat constrict from nervousness.
締め付ける implies an external force tightening something, while 収縮させる refers to internal contraction, like muscles or materials shrinking. Use 締め付ける for squeezing actions and 収縮させる for physiological or material contraction.
蛇が獲物を締め付ける。
The snake constricts its prey.
寒さで血管が収縮する。
Blood vessels constrict in the cold.
不況が家計を締め付けている。
The recession is constricting household budgets.