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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; To rebuke See also 油を絞る.
6. To drill into; To train
7. To narrow down (one's focus); To whittle down
8. To gather up (curtain, etc.); To tighten (drawstring)
9. To stop down (lens)
10. To turn down (e.g. radio)
11. To bend (bow); To draw
12. To hold down; To constrict; To immobilize
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