知恵を絞る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
しぼ
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
知惠を絞る (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 知恵 + + 絞る, literally "to strangle one's knowledge"

Idiom

()()(しぼ) • (chie o shiboru) godan (stem ()()(しぼ) (chie o shibori), past ()()(しぼ)った (chie o shibotta))

  1. (idiomatic) to rack one's brain, to think really hard

Conjugation

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