振ふり絞しぼる

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り

し

ぼ

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

use to the full; muster all of; strain (one's voice)

Used when someone summons every bit of strength, courage, or voice, often in a desperate or intense situation. Common with nouns like 声, 力, 勇気.

彼かれは声こえを振ふり絞しぼって助たすけを求もとめた。
He strained his voice and called for help.
最さい後ごの力ちからを

振ふ

り

絞しぼ

っ

て

走はし

り

続つづ

け

た

。

I mustered all my remaining strength and kept running.

Written forms

振ふり絞しぼるUsage50%
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ふりしぼる is the only reading given.
ふりしぼるUsage41%
振ふりしぼるUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard written variant.

Kanji

振shake, wave, wag
絞strangle, constrict, wring

Similar words

絞しぼり出だす
絞り出す also means to squeeze out or produce with effort, but it often implies extracting something from within (e.g., voice, wisdom, money), while 振り絞る emphasizes summoning and exerting one's own inner resources to the limit.

Etymology

Compound of 振り (from 振る, 'to shake, wield') and 絞る ('to squeeze, wring'). The combination suggests wringing out something by shaking or exerting force, metaphorically extended to summoning one's inner resources.