Vocab Info

N5 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

()to pull

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)

    2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest)

      also written as 惹く,
    3. 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

    4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

    5. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to draw (a line, plan, etc.)

    6. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      6.

      to catch (a cold)

    7. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

      to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

      usu. written as 弾く
    8. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      8.

      to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check

    9. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      9.

      to haul, to pull (vehicles)

      esp. 牽く
    10. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      10.

      to subtract, to deduct

    11. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      11.

      to recede, to ebb, to fade

    12. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      12.

      to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic)

    13. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      13.

      to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence)

    14. 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)

    15. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      15.

      to hold (e.g. a note)

    16. 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)

    17. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      17.

      to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat

      also written as 退く
    18. 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
    19. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      19.

      to resign, to retire, to quit

      also written as 退く
    20. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      20.

    All Forms

    引く 【ひく】曳く 【ひく】牽く 【ひく】

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    Examples

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      ドア()

      I will pull open the door.

      • N5

      (あし)()いて(ある)

      To drag your feet and walk.

      • N5

      (はだか)()風邪(かぜ)()きました。

      I caught a cold sleeping naked.

      • N5

      クラスメイトに()く:「このクジを()いたのは(きみ)だろう?」

      Asking a classmate: 'You drew this lottery, didn't you?'

      • N5

      (つくえ)もっと手前(てまえ)()いてください。

      Please pull the desk towards you more.

      • N4
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