搾 — squeeze

Readings

On'yomi

サク

Kun'yomi

しぼ.る

Example words

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