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Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
1. to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreatSee also 引く, also written as 引く
  • かのじょ彼女
  • へび
  • 見て
  • 退いた
She drew back when she saw a snake.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
2. to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)See also 引く, usu. written as 引く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
3. to resign; to retire; to quit
  • かれ
  • やくしょく役職
  • から
  • 退いた
He retired from office.
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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 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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うしたお
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb
1. to fall backward
Other forms
後に倒れる 【うしろにたおれる】
Notes
後に倒れる: Irregular okurigana usage.
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うしたお
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb
1. to fall backward
Other forms
後ろ様に倒れる 【うしろざまにたおれる】
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Sentences — 17 found

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    • あたた暖かい
    • かる軽い
    • くうき空気
    • やまご山越え
    • する
    • じょうくう上空
    • じょうしょう上昇
    • ちじょう地上
    • には
    • 下りて
    • こない
    • こと
    • など
    • かぜ
    • ちけい地形
    • によって
    • 変わります
    When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain. Tatoeba
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