絞しぼる

1. 1to wring (towel, rag) ; to squeeze
2. 2to squeeze (fruit to extract juice) ; to press ; to extract ; to milk ; to express milk
3. 3to rack (one's brains) ; to strain (one's voice)
4. 4to extort ; to exploit
5. 5to chew out ; to reprimand severely ; to rake over the coals ; to give a sound scolding ; to tell someone off ; to scold ; to rebuke
6. 6to drill into ; to train
7. 7to narrow down (one's focus) ; to whittle down
8. 8to gather up (curtain, etc.) ; to tighten (drawstring)
9. 9to stop down (lens)
10. 10to turn down (e.g. radio)
11. 11to bend (bow) ; to draw
12. 12to hold down ; to constrict ; to immobilize
13. 13to squeeze

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JMdict entry 1594520 · frequency rank 12. Source and licence.