constrict, strangle, wring

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

し.まるし.めるしぼ.る

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:1288

Vocabulary

コウ

WordReadingMeaning
コウサツstrangling (to death); strangulation
コウシュケイdeath by hanging; execution by hanging
コウシュダイgallows
コウシュhanging; strangling to death
コウザイexecution by hanging; hanging

Other

WordReadingMeaning
おしぼりwet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
しぼりshibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze
シボリshibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze
しぼるto wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort; to exploit; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to drill into; to train; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); to stop down (lens); to turn down (e.g. radio); to bend (bow); to draw; to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize; to squeeze
シボるto wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort; to exploit; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke; to drill into; to train; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring); to stop down (lens); to turn down (e.g. radio); to bend (bow); to draw; to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize; to squeeze