Meaning
引き締め (ひきしめ, hikishime) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “tightening”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
わが社は予算の引き締めが必要です
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.
金融引き締め政策が実施されている。
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.
金融引き締めで金利が上昇するだろう。
Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.
気持ちを引き締めて作業に取り掛かろう
Let's pull ourselves together and get to work.
彼はあごを引き締めて「だめだ」と言った.
He set his jaw and said, ‘No.'
彼女は気を引き締めてその試練に立ち向かった.
She braced herself for the ordeal.
彼はひと奮発しようとぐっと全神経を引き締めた.
He braced every nerve for a supreme effort.
ウィッチヘーゼルは、乾燥させずに毛穴を引き締めます。
Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin.
勝手に動かないように制御する意味で、馬の革紐を引き締めるように書く。
Just like controlling a horse to prevent it from moving on its own, move the brush as if pulling the leather strip.
突出部11aとケーソン1間をターンバックル形式の金物12で引き締める。
The projecting part 11a and the caisson 1 are tightened close to each other by turn-buckle type hardware 12.