絞る

しぼる· also シボる

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press

JLPT N2 Common word Also written 搾る

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Transitive

    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
All 13 meanings
  1. to drill into; to train
  2. to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
  3. to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
  4. to stop down (lens)
  5. to turn down (e.g. radio)
  6. to bend (bow); to draw
  7. to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
  8. to squeeze

Forms

PlainPolite
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

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