絞る

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Transitive

   to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze

2. Godan verb · Transitive

   to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk

3. Godan verb · Transitive

   to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)

4. Godan verb · Transitive

   to extort; to exploit

5. Godan verb · Transitive

   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. Godan verb · Transitive

   to drill into; to train

7. Godan verb · Transitive

   to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down

8. Godan verb · Transitive

   to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)

9. Godan verb · Transitive

   to stop down (lens)

10. Godan verb · Transitive

    to turn down (e.g. radio)

11. Godan verb · Transitive

    to bend (bow); to draw

12. Godan verb · Transitive

    to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize

13. Godan verb · Transitive

    to squeeze

In Spanish

1. prensar; estrujar; ordeñar; esquilmar; exprimir; reducir; condensar

Kanji in this word

• 絞

Example sentences

• 私わたしはオレンジジュースを絞しぼった。

  I squeezed the juice out of the oranges.

  Yo les exprimí el jugo a las naranjas.

  Tatoeba #161263(opens in a new tab)

• 要点ようてんを絞しぼって、決定けっていを下くだしましょう。

  Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.

  Tatoeba #78800(opens in a new tab)