引く

Japanese

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	引く	ひく
Imperative (命令形)	引け	ひけ
Key constructions
Passive	引かれる	ひかれる
Causative	引かせる	ひかせる
Potential	引ける	ひける
Volitional	引こう	ひこー
Negative	引かない	ひかない
Negative perfective	引かなかった	ひかなかった
Formal	引きます	ひきます
Perfective	引いた	ひいた
Conjunctive	引いて	ひいて
Hypothetical conditional	引けば	ひけば

引(ひ)く • (hiku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 引(ひ)き (hiki), past 引(ひ)いた (hiita))

Japanese verb pair
active	引く
mediopassive	引ける

(transitive) pull (something toward oneself)
(transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere
(transitive) bring (people) in; bring together
(transitive) attract (someone's) attention
(transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)
線(せん)を引(ひ)く
sen o hiku
to draw a line
(transitive) subtract; take away
６(ろく)から４(よん)を引(ひ)くと２(に)になる。
Roku kara yon o hiku to ni ni naru.
Subtract 4 from 6 and you get 2.
(transitive) (of an illness) catch
風(か)邪(ぜ)を引(ひ)いちゃった。
Kaze o hiichatta.
I caught a cold.
(transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up
知(し)らない単(たん)語(ご)は辞(じ)書(しょ)を引(ひ)いてください。
Shiranai tango wa jisho o hīte kudasai.
Please look up words you don't know in a dictionary.
(intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
痛(いた)みが引(ひ)く
itami ga hiku
pain withdraws
(intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive; to be turned off
Synonym: なえる (naeru)

あいつみたいな人(ひと)は引(ひ)くわ。
Aitsu mitai na hito wa hiku wa.
I'd totally stay far away from that kind of person.

好(す)きな人(ひと)に引(ひ)かれた
suki na hito ni hikareta
got avoided by my crush

Conjugation of "引く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Classical conjugation of "引く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	引か	ひか	fika
Continuative (連用形)	引き	ひき	fiki
Terminal (終止形)	引く	ひく	fiku
Attributive (連体形)	引く	ひく	fiku
Realis (已然形)	引け	ひけ	fike
Imperative (命令形)	引け	ひけ	fike
Key constructions
Negative	引かず	ひかず	fikazu
Contrasting conjunction	引けど	ひけど	fikedo
Causal conjunction	引けば	ひけば	fikeba
Conditional conjunction	引かば	ひかば	fikaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	引きき	ひきき	fikiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	引きけり	ひきけり	fikikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	引きつ	ひきつ	fikitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	引きぬ	ひきぬ	fikinu
Perfect-continuative tense	引けり引きたり	ひけりひきたり	fikeri fikitari
Volitional	引かむ	ひかむ	fikamu

引(ひ)く • (hiku)

(mathematics) minus (subtraction)
１２(じゅうに)引(ひ)く６(ろく)は６(ろく)だ。
Jūni hiku roku wa roku da.
12 minus 6 is 6.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN