液を絞る

えきをしぼる

to squeeze the juice (from)

油を絞る

あぶらをしぼる

to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke

袂を絞る

たもとをしぼる

to shed many tears, to weep, to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)

知恵を絞る

ちえをしぼる

to rack one's brain

首を絞める

くびをしめる

to wring the neck, to strangle

焦点を絞る

しょうてんをしぼる

to narrow the focus, to focus attention (on), to concentrate (on), to zero in

絞る

しぼる

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk

的を射る

まとをいる

to be to the point, to be pertinent

的を得る

まとをえる

to be to the point, to be pertinent

脳味噌を絞る

のうみそをしぼる

to rack one's brains

脳みそを絞る

のうみそをしぼる

to rack one's brains

絞める

しめる

to strangle, to constrict

絞まる

しまる

to be strangled, to be constricted

的を当てる

まとをあてる

to hit the mark

的を逸れる

まとをそれる

to miss the target

無い知恵を絞る

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

絞

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

引き絞る

ひきしぼる

to draw bow to limit, to draw aside curt

振り絞る

ふりしぼる

to muster (one's strength)