締める – Vocabulary details

締しめる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to tie; to fasten; to tighten

2. to wear (necktie, belt); to put on

3. to total; to sum

4. to be strict with

5. to economize; to economise; to cut down on

6. to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

7. to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

締

tighten

Pitch accent

し

め

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2428

Used in vocabulary (7 in total)

握にぎり締しめる

to grasp tightly

引ひき締しめる

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

かみ締しめる

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

真ま綿わたで首くびを締しめる

to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk

財さい布ふの紐ひもを締しめる

to tighten the purse strings; to tighten one's belt

箍たがを締しめる

to pull oneself together; to get one's act together; to brace oneself

家か計けいを締しめる

to economize in the household (economise)

Examples (10 in total)

いつもシートベルトを締しめなさい。

Always fasten your seat belt.

彼かの女じょは腰こしにベルトを締しめた。

She girded her waist with a belt.

トムって自じ分ぶんでネクタイを締しめれないんだ。

Tom can't tie his own tie.