I Love Kanji絞る (shiboru)
絞る (しぼる, shiboru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しぼる
- Romaji
- shiboru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze · godan verb, transitive · esp. 絞る
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk · godan verb, transitive · esp. 搾る
- to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) · godan verb, transitive
- to extort; to exploit · godan verb, transitive
- to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off · godan verb, transitive · often passive voice
Example sentences
はい。ここに私たちが牛のミルクをしぼった牧場の写真がありますよ。
Yes, and here's a photo of the farm where we milked the cows.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 絞る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 絞る | しぼる shiboru |
| Polite (~masu) | 絞ります | しぼります shiborimasu |
| Negative | 絞らない | しぼらない shiboranai |
| Polite negative | 絞りません | しぼりません shiborimasen |
| Past | 絞った | しぼった shibotta |
| Polite past | 絞りました | しぼりました shiborimashita |
| Negative past | 絞らなかった | しぼらなかった shiboranakatta |
| Te-form | 絞って | しぼって shibotte |
| Potential | 絞れる | しぼれる shiboreru |
| Passive | 絞られる | しぼられる shiborareru |
| Causative | 絞らせる | しぼらせる shiboraseru |
| Volitional | 絞ろう | しぼろう shiborou |
| Imperative | 絞れ | しぼれ shibore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 絞れば | しぼれば shiboreba |
Kanji in 絞る
Source: JMdict entry 1594520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.