引く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「引く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
引く
Imperative (命令形) 引け
Key constructions
Passive 引かれる かれる
Causative 引かせる かせる
Potential 引ける ける
Volitional 引こう
Negative 引かない かない
Negative perfective 引かなかった かなかった
Formal 引きます きま
Perfective 引いた いた
Conjunctive 引いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 引けば

Verb

() (hikutransitive or intransitive godan (stem () (hiki), past ()いた (hiita))

Japanese verb pair
active 引く
mediopassive 引ける
  1. (transitive) pull (something toward oneself)
  2. (transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere
  3. (transitive) bring (people) in; bring together
  4. (transitive) attract (someone's) attention
  5. (transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)
    (せん)()
    sen o hiku
    to draw a line
  6. (transitive) subtract; take away
    (ろく)から(よん)()()なる
    Roku kara yon o hiku to ni ni naru.
    Subtract 4 from 6 and you get 2.
  7. (transitive) (of an illness) catch
    ()()()ちゃっ
    Kaze o hiichatta.
    I caught a cold.
  8. (transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up
    ()ない(たん)()()(しょ)()ください
    Shiranai tango wa jisho o te kudasai.
    Please look up words you don't know in a dictionary.
  9. (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
    (いた)()
    itami ga hiku
    pain withdraws
  10. (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(ひと)()
    Aitsu mitai na hito wa hiku wa.
    I'd totally stay far away from that kind of person.
    ()(ひと)()
    suki na hito ni hikareta
    got avoided by my crush

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Conjunction

() (hiku

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

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN