絞る
しぼる
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ru), Transitive
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
- to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
- to extort; to exploit
- to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke
All 13 meanings
- to drill into; to train
- to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow); to draw
- to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
- to squeeze
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 絞るしぼる | 絞りますしぼります |
| Negative | 絞らないしぼらない | 絞りませんしぼりません |
| Past | 絞ったしぼった | 絞りましたしぼりました |
| Past negative | 絞らなかったしぼらなかった | 絞りませんでしたしぼりませんでした |
| Te-form | 絞ってしぼって |
|---|---|
| Potential | 絞れるしぼれる |
| Passive | 絞られるしぼられる |
| Causative | 絞らせるしぼらせる |
| Volitional | 絞ろうしぼろう |
| Imperative | 絞れしぼれ |
| Conditional (ば) | 絞ればしぼれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 絞ったらしぼったら |
Example sentences
タオルを絞ってよ。
Squeeze the towel.
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She wrung the towel dry.
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I racked my brains to write this.
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I need to lose five pounds.
私はオレンジジュースを絞った。
I squeezed the juice out of the oranges.
More examples (10)
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Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.
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I gave him a stern talking-to.
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What is the correct aperture in this light?
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She caught it for coming late.
ブログてのはやっぱり分野を絞らんとダメよ。
What use is a blog without a particular focus.
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You can't wring any more money from me.
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She squeezed the juice from several oranges.
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She wrung the juice from a lot of oranges.
以前ブログをやっていたことがある。特にテーマを絞ったものではなく日々の諸々を記事にしていた。
I've kept a blog before. I didn't really have a set theme; I just blogged about whatever happened that day.
もし、ネイティブ・スピーカーのように発音したければ、「1つの方言」に絞り、練習をしましょう。ネイティブは、たくさんの方言を日常会話で使いこなすことはありません。
If you want to sound like a native speaker, it's easier if you choose one dialect and stick with it. Native speakers don't usually mix dialects in everyday speaking.