JMdict: 1594520

絞る 【しぼる】

1. [v5r,vt] to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
2. [v5r,vt] to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
3. [v5r,vt] to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
4. [v5r,vt] to extort; to exploit
5. [v5r,vt] 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. [v5r,vt] to drill into; to train
7. [v5r,vt] to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
8. [v5r,vt] to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
9. [v5r,vt] to stop down (lens)
10. [v5r,vt] to turn down (e.g. radio)
11. [v5r,vt] to bend (bow); to draw
12. [v5r,vt] to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize

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