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Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
1. to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
  • カーテン
  • ゆっくり
  • 引かれた
The curtains were drawn slowly.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
2. to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)See also 惹く ひく, See also 注意を引く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
3. to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
  • あんな
  • ほん
  • みたら
  • フツーの
  • おんな
  • 引く
  • もん
Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
4. to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
  • あなた
  • 引いた
  • カード
  • あか
  • マーク
  • です
The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
5. to draw (a line, plan, etc.)See also 図面を引く
  • から
  • まで
  • せん
  • ひき
  • なさい
Draw a line from A to B.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
6. to catch (a cold)See also 風邪を引く
  • わる悪い
  • かぜ風邪
  • ひいていて
  • さらにわるさらに悪いことに
  • ゆき
  • 降って
  • きました
I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
7. to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)See also 弾く ひく
  • かのじょ彼女
  • グランドピアノ
  • その
  • きょく
  • 引いた
She played that tune on her grand piano.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
8. to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to checkSee also 辞書を引く
  • その
  • たんご単語
  • じしょ辞書
  • ひいて
  • ごらん
Look up the word in your dictionary.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
9. to haul; to pull (vehicles)esp. 牽く
  • わたし
  • うま
  • にぐるま荷車
  • 引いている
  • 見た
I saw a horse pulling a cart.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
10. to subtract; to deduct
    10
  • から
  • 引く
  • 、8
  • のこ残る
Two from ten leaves eight.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
11. to recede; to ebb; to fade
  • 腫れ
  • 引く
  • まで
  • なんにち何日
  • くらい
  • かかります
How many days will it take until the swelling goes down?
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
12. to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
  • その
  • さっか作家
  • ギリシャ
  • おうけ王家
  • けっとう血統
  • 引いていた
The writer was descended from the Greek royal family.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
13. to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
  • できるだけ
  • えいご英語
  • から
  • れい
  • ひこう
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
14. to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
  • かいてい海底
  • ケーブル
  • りょうこく両国
  • あいだ
  • 引かれた
A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
15. to hold (e.g. a note)
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
16. to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
17. to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreatalso written as 退く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
18. to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)also written as 退く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
19. to resign; to retire; to quitalso written as 退く
Other forms
曳く 【ひく】牽く 【ひく】
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Kanji — 1 found

0.9508923703245977
4 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2.
pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
On: イン
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Sentences — 213 found

  • jreibun/3/1
    • かぜ風邪
    • を引いたらしく
    • しごにちまえ4〜5日前
    • から
    • ちょうし調子
    • が悪い。
    • ねつ
    • とのどの痛みは
    • おさ治まった
    • ものの、
    • せき
    • あいか相変わらず
    • 続いている。
    I seem to have caught a cold and I have not been feeling well for the last 4 to 5 days. Although the fever and sore throat have subsided, the cough has not gone away. Jreibun
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