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Words — 19 found

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 注意を引く, also written as 惹く
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)usu. written as 弾く
  • 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
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
20. to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour); to be turned off; to recoil (in disgust, etc.); to cringeColloquial
Other forms
曳く 【ひく】牽く 【ひく】
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1. tractor; towing vehicle
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2. driving force; leading role
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3. Tractive forceAs used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive forc... Read more
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けん引車 【けんいんしゃ】
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1. pickoff throw; pickoff attemptBaseball
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2. PickoffIn baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher or a catche... Read more
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けん制球 【けんせいきゅう】
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1. Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha AquilaeAstronomy, See also アルタイル
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
2. containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
3. pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on baseBaseball, See also 牽制球
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けん制 【けんせい】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
2. driving (e.g. economic growth)
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牽引 【けんびき】けん引 【けんいん】けん引 【けんびき】
Notes
けんびき: Irregular kana usage. けんびき: Irregular kana usage.
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. distortion of facts
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1. Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha AquilaeAstronomy, Abbreviation, See also 牽牛星
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Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
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牽強附会 【けんきょうふかい】
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1. restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
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牽引自動車
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1. Trailer (vehicle)A trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a p... Read more
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1. Qian Hong (Three Kingdoms)Qian Hong (died 271) was a military general of Cao Wei du... Read more
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牽引式 (航空機)
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1. Tractor configurationAn aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has ... Read more
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Kanji — 1 found

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11 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji.
pull, tug, drag, lead by hand
Kun: ひ.く
On: ケン
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Names — 3 found

けんぎゅう 【牽牛】
Unclassified name
1. Kengyuu
けんごしづかこふん 【牽牛子塚古墳】
Place
1. Kengoshiduka Tumulus
けんぎゅうさき 【牽牛崎】
Place
1. Kengyuusaki