| しぼる | 74.6% |  to wring (towel, rag) ②to squeeze (fruit to extract juice) ③to rack (one's brains) ④to extort  | 
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                                    to wring (towel, rag) ②to squeeze (fruit to extract juice) ③to rack (one's brains) ④to extort
                                 
                                
                                
                                    to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.)
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to squeeze ②to narrow down
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to squeeze (to the utmost) ②to squeeze (money) out of someone ③to scold ④to train ruthlessly
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to draw (a bow) to the limit ②to pull tight ③to strain (voice)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    shibori ②aperture ③contraction
                                 
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to squeeze the juice (from)
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    cloth dyed in a dapple pattern
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                | しめる しまる | 20.8% |  to strangle   to be strangled  | 
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                                    shime-waza (judo stranglehold)
                                 
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to torment by slow degrees
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                | コウ | 4.6% |  death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)  | 
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                                    body of a strangled person
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    suicidal ligature strangulation
                                 
                                
                                
                                    death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
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