絞り込む・搾り込む|しぼりこむshiborikomu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
絞り込む絞り込む is the most common spelling and recommended default for learners. Use it as your default written form.
搾り込む搾り込む is less common than 絞り込む and is rarely used. You will seldom see it, so use 絞り込む instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto squeeze; to wring out
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto narrow down; to refine
Conjugation
Dictionary form絞り込む(しぼりこむ)
Polite (masu)絞り込みます(しぼりこみます)
Negative (nai)絞り込まない(しぼりこまない)
polite (masen)絞り込みません(しぼりこみません)
classical zu / nu絞り込まず・絞り込まぬ(しぼりこまず・しぼりこまぬ)
Past (ta)絞り込んだ(しぼりこんだ)
polite (mashita)絞り込みました(しぼりこみました)
Past negative (nakatta)絞り込まなかった(しぼりこまなかった)
polite (masen deshita)絞り込みませんでした(しぼりこみませんでした)
Te form絞り込んで(しぼりこんで)
Potential絞り込める(しぼりこめる)
Passive絞り込まれる(しぼりこまれる)
Causative絞り込ませる(しぼりこませる)
Causative passive絞り込ませられる・絞り込まされる(しぼりこませられる・しぼりこまされる)
Conditional (ba)絞り込めば(しぼりこめば)
tara絞り込んだら(しぼりこんだら)
Volitional絞り込もう(しぼりこもう)
polite (mashou)絞り込みましょう(しぼりこみましょう)
Imperative絞り込め(しぼりこめ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymしぼるNeutralCovers wringing out and squeezing, and figuratively focusing or narrowing, as in 「的を絞る」; 「絞り込む」 stresses sifting step by step down to a few.
  • Antonym緩めるゆるめるNeutralMeans to loosen or relax, the opposite of the tightening implied by 「絞り込む」.
  • Antonym広げるひろげるNeutralMeans to widen or expand a range, the opposite of the narrowing done by 「絞り込む」.

Use 「絞り込む」 to narrow down a range or filter candidates, as in 「検索結果を絞り込む」; for wringing out use 「絞る」, and for widening a range use 「広げる」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 力ちからを入いれて液体えきたいを出だす。
  2. 範囲はんいや数かずを限定げんていして少すくなくする。
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