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    3. 絞

    絞

    絞しぼ.る

    strangle

    N1KMT9Freq #1288Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    しぼ.るし.めるし.まる

    On'yomi

    コウ

    strangleconstrictwring

    糸交

    糸
    亠
    父

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    絃統傚蛟紡紋緕較蛟紡紋狡統絃皎網餃絶傚絲纃緕較

    Alternative forms of this concept

    糹

    Concepts using this kanji

    絞る

    to wring (towel, rag)

    お絞り

    wet towel (supplied at table)

    絞り

    shibori

    絞り込む

    to squeeze

    絞殺

    strangling (to death)

    絞める

    to strangle

    絞首刑

    death by hanging

    自分の首を絞める

    to cut one's own throat

    自絞死

    suicidal ligature strangulation

    絞首台

    gallows

    絞り出す

    to squeeze out

    的を絞る

    to narrow in (on)

    引き絞る

    to draw (a bow) to the limit

    絞り上げる

    to squeeze (to the utmost)

    絞死

    death by strangulation

    絞殺死体

    body of a strangled person

    絞首

    hanging

    首が絞まる

    to have one's neck wrung

    首を絞める

    to wring the neck

    ブドウ絞り機

    winepress

    総絞り

    tie-dying applied to a whole piece of material

    絞め技

    shime-waza (judo stranglehold)

    振り絞る

    to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.)

    無い知恵を絞る

    to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of)

    鹿の子絞り

    cloth dyed in a dapple pattern

    知恵を絞る

    to rack one's brain

    絞り値

    f-number

    脳みそを絞る

    to rack one's brains

    絞り弁

    throttle valve

    深絞り

    deep drawing (metalworking)

    油を絞る

    to chew out

    ニンニク絞り器

    garlic press

    絞り器

    wringer (clothes)

    絞首索

    hangman's noose

    絞り込み

    refinement

    絞め殺す

    to strangle to death

    岩根絞り

    Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)

    焦点を絞る

    to narrow the focus

    絞刑

    death by hanging

    真綿で首を絞める

    to torment by slow degrees

    絞り染め

    tie-dye

    絞罪

    execution by hanging

    絞り袋

    pastry bag

    絞りたて

    freshly squeezed (juice)

    絞

    death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

    絞まる

    to be strangled

    絞りかす

    strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu)

    絞刑吏

    hangman

    液を絞る

    to squeeze the juice (from)

    絞縄

    hangman's noose

    豆絞り

    spotted pattern

    絞り汁

    squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)

    裸絞め

    rear naked choke

    絞扼

    strangulation

    袂を絞る

    to shed many tears

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    • 亠
    • 父
    • 糸

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    • お絞り
    • 引き絞る
    • 絞まる
    • 絞める
    • 絞め殺す
    • 絞り
    • 絞殺
    • 絞首刑
    • 絞首台
    • 知恵を絞る
    • 脳みそを絞る
    • 油を絞る
    • 絞る
    • 豆絞り
    • 絞首
    • 絞り染め
    • 絞り上げる
    • 絞り出す
    • 振り絞る
    • 液を絞る
    • 首が絞まる
    • 首を絞める
    • 絞罪
    • 絞りかす
    • 絞り込む
    • 絞刑
    • 絞刑吏
    • 絞り汁
    • 絞り込み
    • 岩根絞り
    • 的を絞る
    • 絞め技
    • 袂を絞る
    • 自分の首を絞める
    • 真綿で首を絞める
    • 鹿の子絞り
    • ニンニク絞り器
    • 絞殺死体
    • ブドウ絞り機
    • 絞り器
    • 絞扼
    • 絞りたて
    • 絞り弁
    • 焦点を絞る
    • 裸絞め
    • 深絞り
    • 絞縄
    • 絞首索
    • 絞り袋
    • 絞死
    • 自絞死
    • 無い知恵を絞る
    • 絞
    • 絞り値
    • 総絞り

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