絞

Historical term

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

Esp. 絞る

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze

Esp. 搾る

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk

to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)

to extort; to exploit

Often passive voice

to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke

to drill into; to train

to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down

to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)

to stop down (lens)

to turn down (e.g. radio)

to bend (bow); to draw

Sumo

to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize

to squeeze out; to wring out

to strangle; to constrict

to squeeze; to wring out

to narrow down; to refine

to strangle to death

to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out

to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from

to scold; to criticize severely; to lay into

to train ruthlessly; to give punishing training

to strain (one's voice)

to gather up (a curtain)

shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing

Photography

aperture; aperture stop; stop

contraction; squeezing; choke

strangling (to death); strangulation

death by hanging; execution by hanging

gallows

to be strangled; to be constricted

refinement; narrowing-down

freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted

strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

Martial arts

shime-waza (judo stranglehold)

hanging; strangling to death

squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)

pastry bag; piping bag; decorating tube

body of a strangled person

tie-dye

wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)

Medicine

strangulation; constriction; entrapment

execution by hanging; hanging