Illustration: At a kitchen counter, a parent pulls both ends of the cord on a cloth lunch bag. The mouth gathers into tight folds around the lunch box, with the cord visibly taut between their hands. A child steadies the bag with both palms, leaning backward slightly at the surprisingly vigorous pull.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

引ひき締しめる

hikishimeru

to tighten, to firm up

Example sentences

  1. ウィッチヘーゼルは、乾燥かんそうさせずに毛穴けあなを引ひき締しめます。

    Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 食材しょくざいは軽かるく塩しおをふっておくなどして、水分すいぶんを出だし身みを引ひき締しめておく。

    Salt the food in advance to remove water and to firm up the flesh of the food.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. さぁ、仕事しごとです。気きを引ひき締しめていきましょう。

    All right, it’s time to work. Let’s buckle down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 引締

  • 引pullOnインKunひく・ひける
  • 締tighten; tieOnテイKunしまる・しまり・しめる

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