絞 る shiboru
1. to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
3. to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
4. to extort; to exploit
5. to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke
6. to drill into; to train
7. to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
8. to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
9. to stop down (lens)
10. to turn down (e.g. radio)
11. to bend (bow); to draw
12. to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
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Example Sentences
60 Variants Available
1. Squeeze and; Squeeze to
1. Just squeezed; Recently squeezed
1. To squeeze; To wring
1. Not squeezing; Not being squeezed
1. Must not squeeze.; Do not wring.
1. To squeeze beforehand; To tighten beforehand
1. Must squeeze.; Have to wring (out).
1. Don't have to squeeze.; Don't need to wring.
1. Want to squeeze; Want to strangle
1. Don't want to squeeze.; Don't want to wring.
1. Looks like squeezing.; Looks like wringing.
1. Don't wring.; Don't squeeze.
1. Let's squeeze.; Let's wring (out).
1. Squeezed; Wrangled
1. Seemed to have wrung out.; Apparently wrung out.
1. To be wrung out; To be forced to do
1. About to burst; About to come (sexual)
1. Apparently squeezed.; It seems squeezed.
1. Seems; Looks like
1. Seems like [it] is being wrung out.; Apparently being squeezed.