There are 18 total results for your 絞る search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
絞る see styles |
shiboru しぼる |
(transitive verb) (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) (sumo) to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize |
引絞る see styles |
hikishiboru ひきしぼる |
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) (1) to draw (a bow) to the limit; (2) to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp; (3) to strain (voice) |
振絞る see styles |
furishiboru ふりしぼる |
(transitive verb) (1) to muster (one's strength); (2) to strain (e.g. one's voice) |
引き絞る see styles |
hikishiboru ひきしぼる |
(transitive verb) (1) to draw (a bow) to the limit; (2) to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp; (3) to strain (voice) |
振り絞る see styles |
furishiboru ふりしぼる |
(transitive verb) (1) to muster (one's strength); (2) to strain (e.g. one's voice) |
油を絞る see styles |
aburaoshiboru あぶらをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) (1) to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; (2) to press oil |
液を絞る see styles |
ekioshiboru えきをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to squeeze the juice (from) |
的を絞る see styles |
matooshiboru まとをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target |
袂を絞る see styles |
tamotooshiboru たもとをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) |
焦点を絞る see styles |
shoutenoshiboru / shotenoshiboru しょうてんをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in |
知恵を絞る see styles |
chieoshiboru ちえをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to rack one's brain |
脳味噌を絞る see styles |
noumisooshiboru / nomisooshiboru のうみそをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to rack one's brains |
無い知恵を絞る see styles |
naichieoshiboru ないちえをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain |
Variations: |
shiboru しぼる |
(transitive verb) (1) (esp. 絞る) to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 搾る) to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; (transitive verb) (3) to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); (transitive verb) (4) to extort; to exploit; (transitive verb) (5) (often passive voice) (See 油を絞る) to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; (transitive verb) (6) to drill into; to train; (transitive verb) (7) to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; (transitive verb) (8) to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); (transitive verb) (9) to stop down (lens); (transitive verb) (10) to turn down (e.g. radio); (transitive verb) (11) to bend (bow); to draw; (transitive verb) (12) {sumo} to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize |
Variations: |
noumisooshiboru / nomisooshiboru のうみそをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) (rare) (idiom) to rack one's brains |
Variations: |
furishiboru ふりしぼる |
(transitive verb) to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice) |
Variations: |
aburaoshiboru あぶらをしぼる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to press oil |
Variations: |
hikishiboru ひきしぼる |
(transitive verb) (1) to draw (a bow) to the limit; (transitive verb) (2) to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp; (transitive verb) (3) to strain (voice) |
Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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