絞る (shiboru)

Meaning

1. to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
3. to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
4. to extort; to exploit
5. to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold

Kanji and stroke order

↻ Replay stroke order

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.