絞

Meaning

絞 centers on applying pressure to squeeze or tighten: strangling, constricting, or wringing something out.

• 絞るしぼる
  N3

  to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze

• 絞りしぼり

  shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing

• 絞めるしめる

  to strangle; to constrict

• 絞首刑こうしゅけい

  death by hanging; execution by hanging

• 絞こう

  death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

• 絞り込むしぼりこむ

  to squeeze; to wring out

• 絞殺こうさつ

  strangling (to death); strangulation

• 絞り込みしぼりこみ

  refinement; narrowing-down

• 絞首こうしゅ

  hanging; strangling to death

• 振り絞るふりしぼる

  to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

• 絞め殺すしめころす

  to strangle to death

• お絞りおしぼり
  N3

  wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel

• ニンニク絞り器ニンニクしぼりき

  garlic press

• ブドウ絞り機ぶどうしぼりき

  winepress

• 岩根絞りいわねしぼり

  Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)

• 引き絞るひきしぼる

  to draw (a bow) to the limit

• 油を絞るあぶらをしぼる

  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 press oil

• 液を絞るえきをしぼる

  to squeeze the juice (from)

• 深絞りふかしぼり

  deep drawing (metalworking)

• 無い知恵を絞るないちえをしぼる

  to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain

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