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Japanese
Etymology 1
Nominalization of 引く (hiku)
Pronunciation
Noun
引き • (hiki)
- pull, patronage
- (fishing) pulling force
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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引っ 引ん
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Prefix
引き • (hiki-)
- used in compound verbs, as an intensifier
- 引き + 続く (tsuzuku) → 引き続く (hikitsuzuku)
- 引き + 出す (dasu) → 引き出す (hikidasu)
- 引き + 起こす (okosu) → 引き起こす (hikiokosu)
- 引き + 受ける (ukeru) → 引き受ける (hikiukeru)
- 引き + 寄せる (yoseru) → 引き寄せる (hikiyoseru)
Usage notes
Common variants include 引っ (hi') and 引ん (hin), such as 引っ越す (hikkosu), 引ん抜く (hinnuku)
Etymology 3
Suffix
引き • (-biki)
- discount off a price
- 2割引き
- niwaribiki
- 20% off
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN