引く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
引
ひ
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 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

Verb

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
  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)
    線(せん)を引(ひ)く
    sen o hiku
    to draw a line
  6. (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.
  7. (transitive) (of an illness) catch
    風(か)邪(ぜ)を引(ひ)いちゃった。
    Kaze o hiichatta.
    I caught a cold.
  8. (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.
  9. (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
    痛(いた)みが引(ひ)く
    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

Conjugation of "引く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 引か ひか hika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 引き ひき hiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 引く ひく hiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 引く ひく hiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 引け ひけ hike
Meireikei ("imperative") 引け ひけ hike
Key constructions
Passive 引かれる ひかれる hikareru
Causative 引かせる
引かす 		ひかせる
ひかす 		hikaseru
hikasu
Potential 引ける ひける hikeru
Volitional 引こう ひこう hikō
Negative 引かない ひかない hikanai
Negative continuative 引かず ひかず hikazu
Formal 引きます ひきます hikimasu
Perfective 引いた ひいた hiita
Conjunctive 引いて ひいて hiite
Hypothetical conditional 引けば ひけば hikeba
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

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Conjunction

引(ひ)く • (hiku) 

  1. (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.

Coordinate terms

References

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