Kanji

絞

strangle, constrict, wring

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しぼる, しめる, しまる

Common Readings

コウ, しぼ…る, し…まる, し…める

Example sentences

絞る しぼる
雑巾をしっかり絞ってから床を拭いてください

Please wring the rag thoroughly before wiping the floor.

一本 いっぽん
志望校を一本に絞って受験勉強に励む。

I will focus on only one school and work hard on my entrance exam studies.

絞り出す しぼりだす
最後の力を絞り出して、ゴールまで走り抜けた。

He squeezed out his last bit of strength and ran through to the finish line.

振り絞る ふりしぼる
彼女は勇気を振り絞って、真実を打ち明けた。

She summoned all her courage and confessed the truth.

ゴール ゴール
マラソンランナーは、最後の力を振り絞ってゴールした。

The marathon runner used their last bit of strength to reach the finish line.

首を絞める くびをしめる
自らの借金で自分の首を絞めることになった。

He ended up strangling himself with his own debt.

絞める しめる
自分の首を絞めるような真似はやめなさい。

Stop doing things that are like strangling your own neck (digging your own grave).

Example Vocabulary

絞る

しぼる

to wring; to squeeze; to narrow down; to scold/train hard

絞り出す

しぼりだす

to squeeze out; to wring out

振り絞る

ふりしぼる

to summon up (courage); to strain (one's voice); to exert to the utmost

首を絞める

くびをしめる

to strangle; to choke; (figuratively) to squeeze or tighten the noose around one's own neck

絞める

しめる

to strangle; to wring; to choke

絞り込む

しぼりこむ

引き絞る

ひきしぼる

絞め殺す

しめころす

知恵を絞る

ちえをしぼる

羽交い絞め

はがいじめ

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