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expressions (phrases
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
to draw a plan
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
tensar ; estirar ; apretar el gatillo ; tirar de
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
atraer (atención, interés, etc)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
echarse para atrás
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
robar (una carta)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
dibujar (plan ; línea ; etc)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
resfriarse
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
tocar (instr. de cuerda)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
buscar (ej. diccionario) ; consultar
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
arrastrar (vehículos)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
restar (números) ; menguar ; desvanecerse
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
descender (de) ; heredar (una característica)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
citar ; levantar (como evidencia)(13) poner (un cable) ; tirar (un cable)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to pull ; to tug ; to lead (e.g. a horse)
カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。
The curtains were drawn slowly.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.) ; to attract (e.g. interest)
also written as 惹く
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to draw back (e.g. one's hand) ; to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.) ; to pull in
あんな本みたらフツーの女は引くもんな!
Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。
The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
AからBまで線をひきなさい。
Draw a line from A to B.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to catch (a cold)
悪い風邪をひいていて、さらに悪いことには、雪が降ってきました。
I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
usu. written as 弾く
彼女はグランドピアノでその曲を引いた。
She played that tune on her grand piano.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.) ; to consult ; to check
その単語を辞書でひいてごらん。
Look up the word in your dictionary.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to haul ; to pull (vehicles)
esp. 牽く
私は馬が荷車を引いているのを見た。
I saw a horse pulling a cart.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to subtract ; to deduct
10から2を引くと、8残る。
Two from ten leaves eight.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to recede ; to ebb ; to fade
腫れが引くまで何日くらいかかりますか。
How many days will it take until the swelling goes down?
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to be descend from ; to inherit (a characteristic)
その作家はギリシャの王家の血統を引いていた。
The writer was descended from the Greek royal family.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to quote ; to cite ; to raise (as evidence)
できるだけ英語から例をひこう。
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.) ; to install (e.g. a telephone) ; to supply (e.g. water)
海底ケーブルが両国の間に引かれた。
A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to hold (e.g. a note)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
transitive verb
to apply (e.g. lipstick) ; to oil (e.g. a pan) ; to wax (e.g. a floor)
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
to move back ; to draw back ; to recede ; to fall back ; to retreat
also written as 退く
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
to lessen ; to subside ; to ebb ; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
also written as 退く
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
to resign ; to retire ; to quit
also written as 退く
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Godan verb with 'ku' ending
intransitive verb
colloquial
to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour) ; to be turned off ; to recoil (in disgust, etc.) ; to cringe
Other forms
曳く 【ひく】 · 牽く 【ひく】