Compound of <span class="searchmatch">知恵</span> + <span class="searchmatch">を</span> + <span class="searchmatch">絞る</span>, literally "to strangle one's knowledge" 知(ち)恵(え)<span class="searchmatch">を</span>絞(しぼ)る • (chie o shiboru) godan (stem 知(ち)恵(え)<span class="searchmatch">を</span>絞(しぼ)り (chie o shibori), past...
【<span class="searchmatch">知恵</span><span class="searchmatch">を</span><span class="searchmatch">絞る</span>】 [idiom] (idiomatic) to rack one's brain, to think really hard...