Word Meaning 的を絞る

まとをしぼる mato o shiboru

的を絞る is read as まとをしぼる (mato o shiboru) and means to narrow in (on).

Meaning

English

to narrow in (on)
to home in
to focus
to target

Reading

Kana

まとをしぼる

Romaji

mato o shiboru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 91343 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

的中率

てきちゅうりつ

hitting ratio

絞る

しぼる

to stop down (lens)

絞める

しめる

to strangle

振り絞る

ふりしぼる

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.)

絞め上げる

しめあげる

to put the screws on (a person)

絞り上げる

しぼりあげる

to gather up (a curtain)

無い知恵を絞る

ないちえをしぼる

to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of)

首が絞まる

くびがしまる

to have one's neck wrung

引絞る

ひきしぼる

to draw (a bow) to the limit

知恵を絞る

ちえをしぼる

to rack one's brain

真綿で首を絞める

まわたでくびをしめる

to torment by slow degrees

焦点を絞る

しょうてんをしぼる

to narrow the focus