to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to squeeze out; to wring out
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
refinement; narrowing-down
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
pastry bag; piping bag; decorating tube
wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)
to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain
to squeeze the juice (from)
cloth dyed in a dapple pattern
deep drawing (metalworking)
to shed many tears; to weep; (lit.) to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)
Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)