知恵を絞る
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 知 | 恵 | 絞 | 
| ち Grade: 2 | え Grade: S | しぼ Grade: S | 
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling | 
|---|
| 知惠を絞る (kyūjitai) | 
Idiom
    
知恵を絞る • (chie o shiboru) godan (stem 知恵を絞り (chie o shibori), past 知恵を絞った (chie o shibotta))
- (idiomatic) to rack one's brain, to think really hard
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of "知恵を絞る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 知恵を絞ら | ちえをしぼら | chie o shibora | 
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 知恵を絞り | ちえをしぼり | chie o shibori | 
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 知恵を絞る | ちえをしぼる | chie o shiboru | 
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 知恵を絞る | ちえをしぼる | chie o shiboru | 
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 知恵を絞れ | ちえをしぼれ | chie o shibore | 
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 知恵を絞れ | ちえをしぼれ | chie o shibore | 
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 知恵を絞られる | ちえをしぼられる | chie o shiborareru | 
| Causative | 知恵を絞らせる 知恵を絞らす | ちえをしぼらせる ちえをしぼらす | chie o shiboraseru chie o shiborasu | 
| Potential | 知恵を絞れる | ちえをしぼれる | chie o shiboreru | 
| Volitional | 知恵を絞ろう | ちえをしぼろう | chie o shiborō | 
| Negative | 知恵を絞らない | ちえをしぼらない | chie o shiboranai | 
| Negative continuative | 知恵を絞らず | ちえをしぼらず | chie o shiborazu | 
| Formal | 知恵を絞ります | ちえをしぼります | chie o shiborimasu | 
| Perfective | 知恵を絞った | ちえをしぼった | chie o shibotta | 
| Conjunctive | 知恵を絞って | ちえをしぼって | chie o shibotte | 
| Hypothetical conditional | 知恵を絞れば | ちえをしぼれば | chie o shiboreba | 
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