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油を絞る (aburaoshiboru) Japanese meaning: chew out | Kotomora
Conjugation 油を絞る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 油あぶら を 絞しぼ る 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らない Polite 油あぶら を 絞しぼ ります 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りません Past polite 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りました 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りませんでした Past 油あぶら を 絞しぼ った 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らなかった Te-form 油あぶら を 絞しぼ って 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らないで Desire 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りたい 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りたくない Potential 油あぶら を 絞しぼ れる 油あぶら を 絞しぼ れない Passive 油あぶら を 絞しぼ られる 油あぶら を 絞しぼ られない Causative 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らせる 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らせない Causative passive 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らせられる also 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らされる 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らせられない also 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らされない Volitional 油あぶら を 絞しぼ ろう Polite volitional 油あぶら を 絞しぼ りましょう Imperative 油あぶら を 絞しぼ れ 油あぶら を 絞しぼ るな Conditional 油あぶら を 絞しぼ れば 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らなければ Tara conditional 油あぶら を 絞しぼ ったら 油あぶら を 絞しぼ らなかったら
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油あぶら
を
絞しぼ
ら
れ
た
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When I was late, the department chief chewed me out.
He made a mistake and got a sound scolding from his boss.
Kanji 絞 strangle, constrict, wring Related words 叱しか る 叱る is a general verb for scolding or reprimanding, while 油を絞る is a stronger, more vivid idiom implying a severe dressing down.
怒おこ る 怒る means 'to get angry', focusing on the emotion, whereas 油を絞る focuses on the act of harshly scolding someone.
Written forms 油あぶら を 絞しぼ る
Standard kanji spelling for the idiomatic meaning; 絞る is the most common kanji for 'squeeze' in this expression.
油あぶら を 搾しぼ る
Alternate kanji spelling using 搾る, which also means 'squeeze' but is less common for this idiom.
油あぶら をしぼる
Kana spelling for しぼる; used when avoiding kanji or for clarity.
Etymology Literally 'to squeeze oil'. The figurative meaning of harsh scolding likely comes from the image of pressing someone hard, as if extracting oil from them.
