Word Meaning 袂を絞る

たもとをしぼる tamoto o shiboru

袂を絞る is read as たもとをしぼる (tamoto o shiboru) and means to shed many tears.

Meaning

English

to shed many tears
to weep
to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)

Reading

Kana

たもとをしぼる

Romaji

tamoto o shiboru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 161709 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

的を絞る

まとをしぼる

to narrow in (on)

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