絞
constrict, strangle, wring
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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Information
Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:1288
Vocabulary
コウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 絞殺 | コウサツ | strangling (to death); strangulation |
| 絞首刑 | コウシュケイ | death by hanging; execution by hanging |
| 絞首台 | コウシュダイ | gallows |
| 絞首 | コウシュ | hanging; strangling to death |
| 絞罪 | コウザイ | execution by hanging; hanging |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お絞り | おしぼり | wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel |
| 絞り | しぼり | shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze |
| 絞り | シボリ | shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture; aperture stop; stop; contraction; squeezing; choke; squeeze |
| 絞る | 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 |
| 絞る | 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 |
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