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.
He constricted his tie tightly.
The snake constricts its prey.
To cause something to contract or shrink, often used for muscles, blood vessels, or materials.
Blood vessels constrict in the cold.
To narrow or make something narrower, such as a gap, range, or passage.
Construction is constricting the road.
To apply pressure or compress, often used for physical compression or oppressive forces.
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.
The new rules are constricting our freedom.
To bind or fetter, often used for emotional or social constraints.
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.
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.
The snake constricts its prey.
Blood vessels constrict in the cold.
Tradition constricts his actions.
The recession is constricting household budgets.
I felt my throat constrict from nervousness.