Keyword
strangle
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1448
Readings
しぼ
(78%)
(16%)
こう
(3%)
(1%)
Composed of
thread
mingle
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to squeeze out; to wring out
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to wring the neck; to strangle
to strangle; to constrict
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to strangle to death
to rack one's brain
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
strangulation; strangling
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
death by hanging; execution by hanging
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to be strangled; to be constricted
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to have one's neck wrung
refinement; narrowing-down
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
to strangle to death
shime-waza (judo stranglehold)
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
hanging; strangling to death
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
pastry bag; piping bag; decorating tube
body of a strangled person
spotted pattern
to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain
wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)
strangulation; constriction; entrapment
refinement; narrowing-down
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)
rear naked choke; sleeper hold; bare hand strangle
to squeeze the juice (from)
to rack one's brains
execution by hanging; hanging
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
death by hanging
death by strangulation; ligature strangulation
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
throttle valve
cloth dyed in a dapple pattern
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
winepress; wine-press
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
cloth dyed in a dapple pattern
hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal
hangman's noose; halter
deep drawing (metalworking)
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
shime-waza (judo stranglehold)
rear naked choke; sleeper hold; bare hand strangle
winepress; wine-press
cloth dyed in a dapple pattern
throttle valve
to shed many tears; to weep; (lit.) to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself; to wring the neck; to strangle
suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation
Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)
Examples (9 in total)
I need to lose five pounds.
He sang with his voice strained.
He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.