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引き締め[ひきしめ] (hikishime)

tightening

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Meaning

引き締め (ひきしめ, hikishime) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “tightening”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

わが社しゃは予算よさんの引き締ひきしめが必要ひつようです

We need to tighten the budget at our company.

気を引き締めて試験に臨んだ.

I girded myself to face the examination.

金融きんゆう引き締ひきしめ政策せいさくが実施じっしされている。

A fiscal tightening policy is being enacted.

彼は気を引き締めて試験室に入った.

He braced himself [pulled himself together] and entered the examination room.

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