to wring (towel, rag)
搾る
しぼる
Verb, Transitive
1.
to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze
2.
to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk
3.
to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice)
4.
to extort, to exploit
5.
to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke
6.
to drill into, to train
7.
to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down
8.
to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring)
9.
to stop down (lens)
10.
to turn down (e.g. radio)
11.
to bend (bow), to draw
12.
to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
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料理の味を調えるために、少しだけレモン汁を絞った。
To adjust the dish's flavor, I squeezed in just a little lemon juice.
カメラの絞りを調整して、背景をぼかした。
I adjusted the camera's aperture to blur the background.
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