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ちえをしぼ
る
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, る)
1. to rack one's brain
Alt. forms
知
ち
恵
え
を
絞
しぼ
る
99%
ちえをしぼ
る
Conjugations...
Used in: 3
Composed of
ちえ
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
しぼ
る
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
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
ない
ちえをしぼ
る
to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain
Examples (1 in total)
ちえをしぼって
これを
書
か
いた。
I racked my brains to write this.