絞る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
絞
しぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搾る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「絞る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		絞る しぼる
Imperative (命令形) 絞れ しぼれ
Key constructions
Passive 絞られる しぼられる
Causative 絞らせる しぼらせる
Potential 絞れる しぼれる
Volitional 絞ろう しぼろー
Negative 絞らない しぼらない
Negative perfective 絞らなかった しぼらなかった
Formal 絞ります しぼります
Perfective 絞った しぼった
Conjunctive 絞って しぼって
Hypothetical conditional 絞れば しぼれば

Verb

絞(しぼ)る • (shiboru) transitive godan (stem 絞(しぼ)り (shibori), past 絞(しぼ)った (shibotta))

  1. to wring, press, squeeze
    タオルを絞(しぼ)る
    taoru o shiboru
    to wring a towel
  2. to reduce/lower loudness of a sound
    音(おん)量(りょう)を極(きょく)限(げん)まで絞(しぼ)る
    onryō o kyokugen made shiboru
    to reduce the volume to the minimum

Conjugation

Conjugation of "絞る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 絞ら しぼら shibora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 絞り しぼり shibori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 絞る しぼる shiboru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 絞る しぼる shiboru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 絞れ しぼれ shibore
Meireikei ("imperative") 絞れ しぼれ shibore
Key constructions
Passive 絞られる しぼられる shiborareru
Causative 絞らせる
絞らす 		しぼらせる
しぼらす 		shiboraseru
shiborasu
Potential 絞れる しぼれる shiboreru
Volitional 絞ろう しぼろう shiborō
Negative 絞らない しぼらない shiboranai
Negative continuative 絞らず しぼらず shiborazu
Formal 絞ります しぼります shiborimasu
Perfective 絞った しぼった shibotta
Conjunctive 絞って しぼって shibotte
Hypothetical conditional 絞れば しぼれば shiboreba
Classical conjugation of "絞る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 絞ら しぼら sibora
Continuative (連用形) 絞り しぼり sibori
Terminal (終止形) 絞る しぼる siboru
Attributive (連体形) 絞る しぼる siboru
Realis (已然形) 絞れ しぼれ sibore
Imperative (命令形) 絞れ しぼれ sibore
Key constructions
Negative 絞らず しぼらず siborazu
Contrasting conjunction 絞れど しぼれど siboredo
Causal conjunction 絞れば しぼれば siboreba
Conditional conjunction 絞らば しぼらば siboraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 絞りき しぼりき siboriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 絞りけり しぼりけり siborikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 絞りつ しぼりつ siboritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 絞りぬ しぼりぬ siborinu
Perfect-continuative tense 絞れり
絞りたり		 しぼれり
しぼりたり		 siboreri
siboritari
Volitional 絞らむ しぼらむ siboramu
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