締め付ける

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 締め付ける(しめつける) means to tighten firmly or exert pressure.
• Basic usage: It can describe a belt constricting the body or regulations putting figurative pressure on a business.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The object and verb forms
  • を marks what is being constricted. 体を締め付ける means to press or constrict the body.
  • Its forms include 締め付けない and 締め付けて.